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BREAKING: Univision Will Not Air GOP Groups Ad Telling Latinos Not To Vote
Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported that Latinos for Reform a Republican 527 group purchased an $80,000 buy on Univision to air ads urging Nevada Latino voters not to vote. We urged Univision not to air the ads. The network, which heads the non-partisan Latino civic participation campaign, Ya Es Hora, has decided to do the right thing and not broadcast the ads. A Univision spokesperson told ThinkProgress:
Univision will not be running any spots from Latinos for Reform related to voting. It is also important to clarify that while Mr. Robert de Posada has on occasion provided political commentary on Univision, representing one of various points of views, he is not in any way affiliated with Univision. Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote.
Univisions decision likely has something to do with the fact that Robert de Posada wants to tell their viewers that the best way for Latinos to exercise their political power in support of immigration reform is to stay at home this November a message that runs counter to its own GOTV efforts. ThinkProgress did some digging into de Posadas group, and heres what we found.
To begin with, the groups 8872 form lists the same P.O. Box number as the one belonging to the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation, an organization founded by the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), Roy F. Hoffmann. For those who dont recall, SBVT was another 527 group formed during the 2004 elections aimed at opposing Sen. John Kerrys (D-MA) presidential bid by distorting and misrepresenting his war record.
More at link....
Yet another Republican strategy to keep people from voting.
BREAKING: Univision Will Not Air GOP Groups Ad Telling Latinos Not To Vote
Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported that Latinos for Reform a Republican 527 group purchased an $80,000 buy on Univision to air ads urging Nevada Latino voters not to vote. We urged Univision not to air the ads. The network, which heads the non-partisan Latino civic participation campaign, Ya Es Hora, has decided to do the right thing and not broadcast the ads. A Univision spokesperson told ThinkProgress:
Univision will not be running any spots from Latinos for Reform related to voting. It is also important to clarify that while Mr. Robert de Posada has on occasion provided political commentary on Univision, representing one of various points of views, he is not in any way affiliated with Univision. Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote.
Univisions decision likely has something to do with the fact that Robert de Posada wants to tell their viewers that the best way for Latinos to exercise their political power in support of immigration reform is to stay at home this November a message that runs counter to its own GOTV efforts. ThinkProgress did some digging into de Posadas group, and heres what we found.
To begin with, the groups 8872 form lists the same P.O. Box number as the one belonging to the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation, an organization founded by the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), Roy F. Hoffmann. For those who dont recall, SBVT was another 527 group formed during the 2004 elections aimed at opposing Sen. John Kerrys (D-MA) presidential bid by distorting and misrepresenting his war record.
More at link....
Yet another Republican strategy to keep people from voting.
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