Racismracismracism, that's all you'd hear. When other Hispanics intentionally exclude Hispanics, well, that's somehow good:
A few months after she was elected in 2020, Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, the first Republican Latina senator in state history, considered joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus.
It seemed only natural, she said.
Ochoa Bogh had spent half her youth in Mexico. Her first language was Spanish. And she was raised by parents who immigrated to the United States to achieve the “American Dream.”
But Ochoa Bogh soon learned that Republican legislators, regardless of Latino ethnicity, are barred from joining the caucus.
“It came with an irony because traditionally Democrats speak of equality and opportunity and they’re not allowing all Latinos,” she said.
Democratic lawmakers created the caucus 50 years ago and excluded Republicans from the beginning. It is one of two ethnic caucuses in the California Legislature that prevent GOP members from joining, and the policy has been a point of contention from time to time when multiple Hispanic Republicans win state office.
The one-party dynamic works, Democratic members say.
I'm sure it does.
Remember some pigs are more equal than others.
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