"Vice President Joe Biden says the 2012 election will be forever viewed as a turning point for the Latino community, whose political and economic power is "just about to take full flight."
"What's finally happened is the American people, the American people have finally begun to understand …the awesome potential, future potential of the Hispanic community," he said Thursday at a welcome reception for new Latino members of Congress. "...Now the nation -- and I might add the hemisphere -- understands the Hispanic community must be courted. Must be courted."
Biden and President Obama were reelected in part thanks to strong support from Latino voters, a key bloc they courted heavily throughout the campaign.
At the reception, put on by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Biden ticked off stats, including that Latinos now comprise 25 percent of children in grade school in the United States.
"You're the center of this nation's future," he said.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/01/biden-latinos-the-center-of-this-nations-future-153322.html?hp=r14
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire