{"id":1684479,"date":"2022-10-12T05:05:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1684479"},"modified":"2022-10-12T05:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:06:27","slug":"catherine-cortez-masto-ditches-latinx-just-in-time-for-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catherine-cortez-masto-ditches-latinx-just-in-time-for-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Cortez Masto Ditches \u2018Latinx\u2019 Just in Time for Reelection Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatherine-cortez-masto-ditches-latinx-just-in-time-for-reelection-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1684479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Nevada Dem touts Latina heritage after years of peddling gender-neutral term<\/p>\n<p>   Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 October 12, 2022 5:00 am  <\/p>\n<p>Nevada Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto is ditching her years-long use of the gender-neutral term &#8220;Latinx&#8221; just in time for her tight reelection bid against Republican Adam Laxalt, which is expected to hinge on Hispanic voters.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez Masto began peddling the &#8220;woke&#8221; term shortly after former president Donald Trump entered the White House. When Trump&#8217;s first wave of Cabinet nominees did not include a Latino, Cortez Masto in February 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCortezMasto\/status\/829464928255868928?s=20&amp;t=JsEAdeN2AyhLCa-FpY_88g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that there isn&#8217;t one Latinx fit for any of Trump&#8217;s Cabinet positions. This is sheer ignorance.&#8221; Days later, Trump announced his plan to nominate Alexander Acosta, the son of Cuban refugees, as labor secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez Masto&#8217;s use of &#8220;Latinx&#8221; continued over the next two years. In September 2018, the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCortezMasto\/status\/1040752146897985536?s=20&amp;t=JsEAdeN2AyhLCa-FpY_88g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applauded<\/a> the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for &#8220;bringing attention to all the ways the Latinx community has contributed to southern NV.&#8221; Months later, in June 2019, Cortez Masto <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortezMasto\/status\/1144023380162748417?s=20&amp;t=Kpj9lkesZIda0kmRmQzBDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">implored<\/a> Democratic presidential candidates to avoid taking &#8220;NV&#8217;s Latinx voters \u2026 for granted.&#8221; Cortez Masto has also used &#8220;Latinx&#8221; in both official and campaign press materials. &#8220;Nevada is one of the most diverse states in America with a vibrant Latinx community,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvdems.com\/2019\/06\/25\/sen-cortez-masto-underscores-significance-of-nevadas-latino-community-ahead-of-first-2020-democratic-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in one release. &#8220;You can&#8217;t tell the history of Las Vegas without hearing Latinx voices,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cortez-masto-attends-launch-of-unlvs-latinx-voices-of-southern-nevada-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in another. Cortez Masto&#8217;s campaign Twitter account, by contrast, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=latina%20from%3Acortezmasto&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not use the term<\/a> &#8220;Latina&#8221; for roughly three years, from October 2017 to August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Cortez Masto is ditching the unpopular term as she courts Hispanic voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&amp;country=US&amp;disclaimer_texts[0]=CATHERINE%20CORTEZ-MASTO%20FOR%20SENATE&amp;q=mexican&amp;view_all_page_id=933921763326425&amp;sort_data[direction]=desc&amp;sort_data[mode]=relevancy_monthly_grouped&amp;search_type=page&amp;media_type=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Many<\/a> of the Democrat&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&amp;country=US&amp;disclaimer_texts[0]=CATHERINE%20CORTEZ-MASTO%20FOR%20SENATE&amp;q=latina&amp;view_all_page_id=933921763326425&amp;sort_data[direction]=desc&amp;sort_data[mode]=relevancy_monthly_grouped&amp;search_type=page&amp;media_type=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital ads<\/a> tout her status as &#8220;the first Latina ever elected to the U.S. Senate,&#8221; and Cortez Masto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/catherinecortezmasto.com\/2022\/07\/09\/sen-cortez-mastos-gran-fiesta-latina-draws-hundreds-of-latino-families-from-across-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest<\/a> campaign press releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/09\/15\/2022\/cortez-masto-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swap<\/a> &#8220;Latinx&#8221; for &#8220;Latino.&#8221; The change comes as a tacit admission that Cortez Masto&#8217;s past embrace of progressive rhetoric could alienate a crucial voting block in her race against Laxalt. Just 2 percent of U.S. Hispanic voters use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nevada Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto is ditching her years-long use of the gender-neutral term &#8220;Latinx&#8221; just in time for her tight reelection bid against Republican Adam Laxalt, which is expected to hinge on Hispanic voters.<br \/>\nThe post Catherine Cortez Masto Ditches \u2018Latinx\u2019 Just in Time for Reelection Bid appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}