Hispanic Caucus Furious, Demands Apology Over Boehner Web Vid

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Hispanic Dems furious over GOP video
By Jared Allen
Posted: 04/30/09 05:52 PM


Hispanic Democrats are furious and demanding an apology over an image wedged in a new GOP web video on terrorism that shows members of the Hispanic Caucus sitting at a table with President Obama.

“On behalf of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), we write to demand an apology for the inclusion of the picture of the CHC meeting with President Obama in the video on your official website entitled “Do You Feel Safer?,’” the CHC wrote in a letter being sent to Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), whose office created the video.

Earlier Thursday Boehner and Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) released the 1-minute, 24-second web video “highlighting the Administration’s lack of a comprehensive strategy to confront and fight the terrorist threat,” according to a Boehner office press release.

Among many other images designed to, according to the GOP, “{underscore} why the American people are growing more worried about the Administration’s political decisions on national security,” the video includes an image at the 1:11 mark of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the White House.

“Latinos contribute to the progress of this nation, and have a long standing history of serving of our country,” Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the CHC, said in an accompanying statement. “The video posted on Congressman John Boehner’s official website is a completely inappropriate message for the leader of the minority party to send to the American people.”

“It’s disrespectful to the hard-working Latinos across the nation, serving in every sector of our economy and on our military’s front lines,” Velazquez’s statement continued. “The CHC demands an apology from the Minority Leader for this insensitivity and that the video be removed immediately.”

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