{"id":1842902,"date":"2023-02-11T07:50:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842902"},"modified":"2023-02-11T07:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T12:52:25","slug":"congressional-hispanic-caucus-down-to-zero-staff-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-hispanic-caucus-down-to-zero-staff-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Hispanic Caucus Down to Zero Staff Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcongressional-hispanic-caucus-down-to-zero-staff-members%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=1842902&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f6572d4d-af0e-4241-b827-5656e3620c82.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\">The all-Democrat Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) has no political staffers on its active payroll after Chairwoman Rep. Nanette Diaz Barrag\u00e1n (CA) fired its executive director this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/latino\/3852114-hispanic-caucus-chair-fires-executive-director-groups-staff-down-to-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>After several CHC staffers had left, Jacky Usyk, the Executive Director of CHC was fired. She was fired just one month after Usyk had been hired.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJacky is no longer with the CHC. We wish her well in her future endeavors. We do not comment on internal confidential personnel matters,\u201d Barrag\u00e1n told The Hill.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to a Democrat strategist who was familiar with the situation, the Hill heard that \u201cthis debacle unfolding at the CHC doesn\u2019t bode well for the Caucus and for Congresswoman Barrag\u00e1n, who fired a well-liked staffer a month into the start of the new Congress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reportedly, Barrag\u00e1n\u2019s time in office has been \u201cmarred with irregularly high staff turnover in her personal office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congressional-hispanic-caucus-considering-ousting-its-leader-over-sudden-staff-exodus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, some members of the CHC are now considering removing Barrag\u00e1n as the leader:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Usyk&#8217;s departure was the final straw for some CHC members worried that the turnover leaves the caucus rudderless at a time when a Republican-led House is diving into issues including immigration and education \u2014 key concerns for voters in the predominantly Latino districts represented by caucus members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;At this point George Santos has more people working for him than Nanette,&#8221; One member of the CHC commented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In October, Townhall\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2022\/10\/26\/mayra-flores-prevented-from-joining-the-hispanic-congressional-caucus-n2615023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Only<\/a> I learned that Mayra Flores, a former representative from Texas, was stopped by the CHC. As I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2022\/10\/25\/meet-6-latina-gop-candidates-running-to-flip-the-house-in-november-n2614693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All covered<\/a>Flores, a Mexican-born woman, was the first female member of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;As the first Mexican-born Congresswoman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, I thought joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would be a constructive way to build bridges and work in a bipartisan manner on behalf of our constituents. I was wrong. This denial once again proves a bias towards conservative Latinas that don\u2019t fit their narrative or ideology,&#8221; Townhall was informed by Flores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The all-Democrat Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) has no political staffers on its active payroll after Chairwoman Rep. Nanette Diaz Barrag\u00e1n (CA) fired its executive director this week.\u00a0 According to\u00a0The HillAfter several CHC staffers had left, Jacky Usyk, the Executive Director of CHC was fired. 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