At the risk of making Trump supporters’ heads spin (They’re speaking Spanish in my presence! Make them stop!), I share with you this new Hillary Clinton ad, which features Carlos Gutierrez — who was George W. Bush’s commerce secretary for four years — explaining that he’s supporting Clinton in part because, as a lifelong Republican, he can’t possibly support Trump.
For you gringos, the translation:
“Donald Trump doesn’t have the qualities necessary to be president. I know, because I served in the Cabinet of George W. Bush for four years,” Gutierrez says in Spanish. “I was born in Cuba, but this country gave me my success. I’ve been a Republican my entire life, but first I’m an American. Vote for Trump? I can’t. It’s dangerous and we don’t want to go back. Hillary Clinton has the experience and I trust her. For me, country first, and then party.”…
It’s a good ad. I especially like the UnParty sentiment: “Primero país, y después partido.”
Here’s another like it…
I was surprised to read that some of Trump’s Hispanic advisers had resigned—because I was surprised that he had any. I get that Cubans are very right wing, but still. Tio Tomas?
Indeed. Far be it from me to call another man Tio Tomas, and it’s obscene to assume a person will have a certain set of attitudes based on demographics, but to be a Latino adviser to Trump would seem to involve a certain degree of… self-negation…