Jeb Bush's Security Team Booted Latin Group From Speech, Leaders Claim
Source: Miami New Times
A band of five farm workers and their seven children from Polk County woke up before sunrise on Monday. They then drove over 200 miles to Miami Dade College, just in time to witness Jebs presidential announcement.
But that never happened, because an hour before Jeb went on, his security team informed the group they would have to leave the venue. Why? Because they might be a threat to security.
That's what Natalia Jaramillo, a spokesperson for the Florida Immigrants Coalition, tells New Times at least. Jaramillo was seated with the group and says they were booted possibly because of their matching shirts.
They targeted any group that looked like an immigrant group with no other reason or explanation than saying they had a yellow t-shirt, Jaramillo says. The children wore green t-shirts, the adults yellow and [security] asked to take out everyone who had on a yellow t-shirt.
Read more: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/jeb-bushs-security-team-booted-latin-group-from-speech-leaders-claim-7687212
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:34 AM - Edit history (1)
fucking deal? On so many levels..
Heres an update.. so many here questioned why they attended from such a distance..i wondered too.. Well here it is kids.. God Bless em..
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigration-reform-activists-disrupt-jeb-s-presidential-announcement-7685502
blm
(113,141 posts).
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Latino, Hispanic,etc.. voters? Its done dont ya think.. CNN on top of this story yet? Ha!
mia
(8,363 posts)I'm sure that this group was surprised at being turned away. So many of Florida's farm workers are Mexican, and they may think that Jeb will be there for them.
aggiesal
(8,964 posts)The GOP does not care about them.
This is no surprise.
I know Cuban's tend to vote GOP because of the Kennedy/Cuba association,
but the GOP's core values are not the same as the Latino/Hispanic core values.
Again, this is not surprising that a GOP candidate would kick out immigrant looking peoples!
olegramps
(8,200 posts)His Republican supporters showed the true racist colors of the rank and file of his constituency. Much or Florida is a racist hell hole just as bias as parts of Mississippi. It just baffles me why any minority would vote for or claim to be a Republican. When I see minorities on TV supporting those who actually hate them I am at a loss.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)blm
(113,141 posts)Where have we heard this before?
packman
(16,296 posts)WHY did they even want to go to Jeb's event? Is it because Jeb said he was Latino? Does not make much sense unless there is a movement among the immigrants to elect Jeb.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)why drive 200 miles to "witness" a new clown getting on the clown bus of the repubs?
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,169 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)Visit us at: http://www.youngamericandreamers.com/ - See more at: http://floridaimmigrant.org/placemarks/young-american-dreamers/#sthash.zq6Oc9Sj.dpuf
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)FSogol
(45,598 posts)When you get kicked out of someplace for no reason, remind me to ask you why you wanted to be there.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)would be "why am I being kicked out"?
FSogol
(45,598 posts)People should be able to attend public events without being singled out by color or shirt color. The person I was responded to, wondered "why were they there" which is inappropriate.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)I did not follow the thread closely enough. Of course I agree that being singled out is wrong. As for wondering why they were there, I think that the answer to that is part of the reason they were kicked out. IMHO, they wanted to keep Immigration Reform as part of the conversation and Bush did not.
FSogol
(45,598 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)Rebuilding the American Dream means committing to immigration reform and bringing millions of new Americans out of the shadows." - Martin O'Malley
FSogol
(45,598 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)FSogol
(45,598 posts)Response to FSogol (Reply #10)
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FSogol
(45,598 posts)Telling all immigrants where they should and shouldn't go probably takes a lot of time.
packman
(16,296 posts)It's a lot of ---
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Arkana
(24,347 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,387 posts)... The Thomas Crown Affair?
mia
(8,363 posts)Gets me thinking of humorous ways to make a statement.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Asking why a particular demographic would want to attend an event implies the same as telling that same demographic they are unable to attend?
Creative bumper-sticker. Face-palm indeed...
FSogol
(45,598 posts)I was responding to someone who suggested that they had no business going to the event. My response was to that individual. There are 2 other places in this thread where I reiterate that.
lobodons
(1,290 posts)But then hopefully after realizing his policies they will see the light.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,387 posts)... within driving distance?
They must have missed the memo about what color t-shirts were forbidden.
It must have been a heartbreaking discussion about American politics on the way home.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Land of the free? My ass!!! And they look like such thugs. NOT!!! So they got kicked out for wearing matching shirts with a star and their name on it? WTF!!!
And then the GOP wonders why they can't get the Latino vote. I hope this comes back and bites Bush and all of the GOP is the ass.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Let's see if either of them says anything.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)The sound of silence.
calimary
(81,611 posts)It'll be more of those "first amendment zones" we would see under another bush presidency.
FSogol
(45,598 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)cnn on top of it yet? ha..
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)But his security detail sees brown skin as a threat.
I'm waiting to hear them claim they thought these people might be Middle Eastern disguised as Latinos.
Botany
(70,666 posts)W's people had persons removed from campaign stops and speeches too.
They had people look for bumper stickers they did not approve of then tracked
people from that car down and had them removed from the event.
Way to reach out to the latino vote Jeb.
blm
(113,141 posts)And perhaps they should be. People truly LOATHE the Bush family.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)as long as they are not poor.
I remember a comment he made about the 2000 Presidential Election.
"There's a Million people who care about what happens in this Election: and they're all Poor."
valerief
(53,235 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,943 posts)Turbineguy
(37,423 posts)if you run and lose and have campaign money left over you get to keep it right?
DU could field a GOP candidate. All we'd have to do is lie and they are used to that.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)It's just shitty PR from unforced errors.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)All they have to do is fake polls and pay off the media. Same playbook as always. We just have to get so many registered voters that they can't get away with cheating again. It didn't work for them in 2008 or in 2012.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)What an assclown.
mia
(8,363 posts)According to the Florida Division of Elections, the application requires a signature because the voter is swearing or affirming an oath.
The New York Times obtained Mr. Bushs application from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department. Florida law requires that the signature, drivers license number and Social Security number be redacted before such a document is publicly released....
Democrats were quick to criticize Mr. Bush for the error.
Albert Morales, the Democratic National Committees Hispanic outreach director, said that Mr. Bush was out of step with Latinos, and the Florida Democratic Party suggested that he might have committed a felony.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/06/jeb-bush-listed-himself-as-hispanic-on-voter-form/
alboe
(192 posts)This is ridiculous.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Jeb's base falls in line with all this facistic racism .
niyad
(113,995 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)The Chirino Sisters the three daughters of Latin crooner Willy Chirino took the stage and sang three songs, two in Spanish. And Chirino, a Cuban exile, briefly contrasted the lack of democracy in Cuba with the 2016 presidential race. Bushs son, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, briefly spoke in Spanish as did the candidate toward the end of his announcement.
As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in a different language, Jeb Bush said in English, transitioning to Spanish as he called on people to have a campaign that welcomes people and emphasizes our shared values [and] the cause of all who love freedom, the noble cause of the United States.
Bush has backed a pathway to residency or citizenship in some cases for some undocumented immigrants. But he was briefly interrupted by a group of pro-immigration activists, wearing neon-lime-green shirts each with an oversized letter that, together, spelled out LEGAL STATUS. The crowd drowned out the activists with the chant USA! Bush promised to pass meaningful immigration reform, eliciting more shouts of approval from the crowd. The energy didnt surprise Mel Martinez, Floridas first Cuban-American senator.
http://www.politico.eu/article/jeb-announcement-takeaways-latino-vote/
Jeb is the Cuban candidate. Period. I doubt that other Latinos will continue to be fooled.
niyad
(113,995 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,698 posts)Jeb's grandfather owned a land in Cuba before the Cuban Revolution, and his father gave two boats to be used in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and Jeb has been connected in Florida to Cuban right-wing extremists for decades.