“Hispanic leaders are warning of harm to Republican White House hopes unless the party’s presidential contenders do more to condemn Donald Trump, a businessman turned presidential candidate, who’s refusing to apologize for calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers,” the AP reports.
“Trump’s comments, delivered in his announcement speech last month, have haunted the GOP for much of the last two weeks, and dominated Spanish-language media. It’s bad timing for a Republican Party that has invested significantly in Hispanic outreach in recent years, given the surging influence of minority voters. Yet several Republican candidates have avoided the issue altogether, while those who have weighed in have declined to criticize Trump as strongly as many Hispanic leaders would like.”
