When presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won primary victories in New York and California, Hispanic politicians were quick to take credit.
“Seventy-three percent of the Hispanic electorate in New York State voted for Senator Clinton and 66 percent in California,” said Bronx Assemblyman Peter Rivera in a statement after the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries. “With one out of three voters in California being Hispanic, it is clearly evident that Hispanic support has allowed Senator Clinton to remain a strong candidate for president.”
But just one week later, following a string of primary victories by Senator Barrack Obama, Clinton essentially demoted Patti Solis Doyle, her Hispanic campaign manager. The move caused a small furor among New York Hispanic politicians, including Bronx Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr.
Solis Doyle officially resigned, but Diaz, Sr. and Queens Assemblyman Jose Peralta sent a letter to the Clinton camp expressing their displeasure and questioning whether she indeed “resigned.”
The letter ends, “For now, we remain distressed that Patti Solis Doyle, a great Hispanic-American woman, is no longer serving in her leadership post in your 2008 presidential campaign.”
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