New National Campaign to Expose Sen. Rubio During Hispanic Leadership Network’s 2012 Conference
Presente Action’s “NO SOMOS RUBIOS” is the first of several Campaigns Launched to Provide Education and Accountability on Latino issues in the 2012 Election
27 de enero de 2012
INSPIRED TO ACT, DREAM ACT STUDENTS AND OTHER PROTESTERS TO ASK "WHO IS THE REAL MARCO RUBIO?"
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For Immediate Release:
Contact: Rafael Noboa y Rivera, 202-455-4673 or Blair Fitzgibbon, (202) 503-6141
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Miami, FL – Today, Presente Action, a major Latino advocacy organization, will hold a press conference outside the Hispanic Leadership Network’s 2012 Conference to launch the organization’s latest education and accountability campaign, “NO SOMOS RUBIOS”, against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). This major national campaign tracks and fact-checks the background, statements, and policy positions, as well as the political alliances of Tea Party favorite Senator Rubio and how they impact Latinos in America. The protesters, speakers and the overall campaign will demonstrate how Sen. Marco Rubio's extreme positions on the issues that Latinos care about most disqualify him as someone who will “deliver the Latino vote.”
With Marco Rubio in line to become a Vice Presidential candidate, it is most urgent and imperative that Latino voters understand his policy positions and the political alliances that inform them. A full review of Marco Rubio’s political record and relationships reveals that Sen. Rubio doesn’t support the policy positions held by large majorities of U.S. Latinos, and is wildly out of step with the most basic views and values held by Latino communities on issues like immigration, economic policy and a host of others. In fact, an analysis of Rubio’s record reveals that his positions are squarely in line with the Tea Party’s extremist positions, rather than with super-majorities of Latinos on issues like SB-1070, Arizona’s Tea Party-backed racial profiling program that targets Latinos.
WHAT:
Press Conference: “NO SOMOS RUBIOS” Education and Accountability Campaign: Who is the real Rubio?
WHO:
Felipe Matos, Presente Action Florida Lead Campaigner
Cristal Cruz-Haicken, Florida New Majority Orlando Organizer
Cynthia J. Arevalo, Florida representative of Somos Republicans, one of the largest Latino Republican organizations in the US
Adrian Escarante, DREAM act student and Graduate of St Thomas University
Redelio Conesa, an unemployed man who is a member of 1Miami activist.
WHEN:
Friday, January 27, 2012
10:00 am ET
WHERE:
Protest line outside Hispanic Leadership Network’s “Inspiring Action” Conference
Doral Golf Resort and Spa, 4400 NW 87th, Avenue, Miami, FL
With more than a quarter million members, Presente Action is a major national organization dedicated to amplifying the political voices of Latino communities in the United States.