{"id":2158729,"date":"2024-01-24T23:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T04:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-closed-majority-of-hispanic-community-centers-touted-during-2022-cycle-report\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T23:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T04:35:27","slug":"rnc-closed-majority-of-hispanic-community-centers-touted-during-2022-cycle-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-closed-majority-of-hispanic-community-centers-touted-during-2022-cycle-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: RNC shuts down most Hispanic community centers promoted during 2022 campaign"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frnc-closed-majority-of-hispanic-community-centers-touted-during-2022-cycle-report%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=2158729&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--><h2>Republicans Face Setback \u2064as\u200d Majority\u2063 of Hispanic Community Centers Close<\/h2>\n<p>As national Republicans \u2062gear up for the 2024 cycle and prioritize reaching out to Hispanic Americans and other\u2063 minorities, they are encountering a significant setback: the closure of most of the\u2062 Hispanic community \u2062centers that were\u200b launched\u200c during the last election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2062the 2022\u200d cycle, twenty community centers\u200c were opened, but now only five remain operational, with two of them having been opened in 2023, according \u200cto \u200bthe Messenger. The closures have been confirmed by the Republican\u200c National Committee (RNC).<\/p>\n<p>The RNC explained that its budget is\u2063 tied\u2064 to the chair&#8217;s term. Therefore, \u200cwhen Chairwoman \u2063Ronna\u2062 McDaniel&#8217;s term ended in 2022 and all leases \u2063expired, it made sense to seek new locations for some of\u200c the community centers in the current cycle, as stated by the\u200d RNC to \u2063the Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the closures,\u200b there are \u2064plans \u2062to reopen centers in key swing states such as Las Vegas, Nevada; \u2062Tucson, Arizona; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;\u200d and Allentown, Pennsylvania. \u2064Currently,\u200b the five open centers are located in New York, California, and Texas. However, the RNC has ambitious plans to open 40\u200b community centers in various\u2064 Hispanic, Asian Pacific,\u200d black, Native American, Jewish communities, as well as \u200bareas with large populations of veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats have taken the \u2063Hispanic community for granted \u200dfor far too long. No \u200bamount of money spent will change the \u200cfact that Biden\u2063 is a disaster for our community, from the economy to the \u2062border \u200band rising \u2062crime,&#8221; emphasized Jaime Florez, RNC Hispanic communications director. &#8220;Republicans will continue\u200b to make \u200dhistoric investments \u200din Hispanic voter outreach, \u2062from opening more community centers to launching &#8216;Deposita Tu Voto&#8217;, that will further \u200dour gains \u200bwith \u200dHispanic\u200d voters and deliver \u2064Republican victories in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, some Hispanic voter groups \u2062are skeptical of\u200b the RNC&#8217;s plans to reopen community\u200c centers.\u2063 Daniel Garza,\u200d executive director of LIBRE Initiative, a grassroots conservative group,\u200b cautioned that\u2062 the closure \u2064of the centers serves as \u200da\u2064 lesson\u2063 about the importance \u200dof testing experiments before implementing them\u200d on a larger scale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In \u200bthis case, they went big, and it sounds like they didn&#8217;t receive \u200bthe response from the community they\u200b intended,&#8221; Garza remarked. &#8220;That&#8217;s okay. \u2063They tried, \u2064and we appreciate that.\u2062 But you \u200cneed to have\u2062 people on the\u200b inside who can advise you. These are\u2064 long-term initiatives\u2064 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-treasury-puts-cost-of-outbound-investment-risk-program-at-10-million\/\" title=\"US Treasury puts cost of outbound investment risk program at  million\">require sufficient resources<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who \u2063closely collaborate\u2062 with Hispanic communities assert that effective \u200boutreach relies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">long-term investments<\/a> and intentional programming, rather than relying on short-term efforts for a few\u2063 months.<\/p>\n<p>Republican sources suggest\u2063 that the closure of the community\u200c centers may be attributed to the party&#8217;s financial difficulties resulting from\u200b a\u200b decline in \u2062donations and funding. According to Federal Election Commission reports reviewed by the Washington Post, the\u200c RNC had the lowest amount of cash on hand since February 2015, with $9.1 million in \u200bNovember of last year. The RNC, however, dismisses the notion that finances played a role in the closure \u2062of the centers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Democrats boasted double the \u2063amount of \u200dcash on hand\u200b during the same period, \u200cwith $17.7 million. President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign\u2063 and other\u200d Democrats \u2062have \u2064been actively working to win\u200c back Hispanic voters who\u200c have drifted away\u2062 from the party. Exit polling from\u2062 the 2022 midterm elections revealed that while black, \u2064Hispanic, and Asian and\u2062 Pacific Islander voters generally leaned towards\u200c Democrats, Hispanic and Asian support for\u200d the GOP increased by\u200b 10 and 17 points, respectively. Black voters also shifted towards the right by 4 points.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, \u200cthe national GOP \u200cremains committed to \u2064its Bank Your Vote campaign and its Spanish-language\u2062 equivalent program, \u200bDeposita\u2064 tu \u200cVoto, \u200din order to engage Hispanic \u2064voters for\u2062 the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the community centers will \u200dbe relocated, such as the McAllen, Texas center, which will be replaced with\u200b a \u2063new location in Edinburg. Democrats argue\u200c that the closure\u200b of the centers after only a few months contradicts the Republicans&#8217;\u2062 promise of establishing lasting\u2063 and meaningful relationships with the Hispanic voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That makes sense because they said \u2062they had a presence in San Antonio, but we \u2063never saw them really doing anything \u200bwith the \u200dcenter,&#8221; \u2063commented Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX). &#8220;We won more races \u200cin Bexar County \u200din\u200b 2022 than we&#8217;ve won in 40 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out to the RNC for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What challenges and limitations did the Republican National Committee face in reopening community\u2064 centers after the change\u2064 in leadership?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Political gain.\u2064 Community centers\u2064 provide\u2064 a valuable space for fostering connections, providing resources, and engaging with\u2063 the\u200c Hispanic community on important\u200c issues.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of the majority of Hispanic community centers comes as\u2063 a setback for Republicans who aimed to make inroads with Hispanic voters. The 2022 cycle saw the opening of twenty community centers, a significant \u2062investment in reaching out to minority communities. However, the expiration\u200d of leases and the end of Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel&#8217;s term led to the\u200c closure of most of these centers.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National \u200dCommittee has acknowledged the closures and stated that their budget is tied to the chair&#8217;s term.\u200b This means\u200d that with the \u2064change in leadership, it was\u200d necessary\u2064 to seek new locations for some of\u2062 the community centers. While there are currently only five operational centers, the RNC has plans to reopen\u2064 centers in key \u200dswing states and other areas \u2063with significant minority populations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, Republicans remain committed to Hispanic voter outreach. Jaime Florez, the RNC Hispanic communications director, emphasized the party&#8217;s dedication\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-vote-to-adopt-3-5t-budget-resolution-move-forward-with-big-spending-agenda\/\" title=\"House Dems vote to adopt .5T budget resolution, move forward with big spending agenda\">making historic investments<\/a> in Hispanic communities. This includes not only community centers but also initiatives like &#8216;Deposita \u2063Tu Voto&#8217; aimed at\u2063 furthering gains\u200d with Hispanic voters and securing Republican victories in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>However, some Hispanic voter groups express skepticism about the RNC&#8217;s plans to reopen community centers. Daniel Garza, the \u200dexecutive director of the LIBRE Initiative,\u200c a grassroots conservative group, points to the closure of the centers as a lesson in the importance of testing initiatives\u2062 before implementing them on a larger scale. Garza suggests that long-term initiatives require sufficient resources and the guidance of individuals who understand the\u2063 needs and dynamics of the community.<\/p>\n<p>Effective outreach to Hispanic communities goes beyond short-term efforts. It\u2062 requires long-term investments\u2062 and intentional programming. Community centers provide \u2062a \u200cplatform for engagement, connecting with voters, and addressing important issues that affect the community. While the closure of many Hispanic community centers\u2062 is \u2064a setback for Republicans, \u200dit also serves as a reminder of the importance of sustained and meaningful engagement. Moving forward, the Republican Party must learn from this experience and ensure that future initiatives \u200dare well-researched and supported by adequate \u2063resources to effectively connect with and serve the Hispanic community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Republicans gear up for the 2024 cycle, their focus on engaging Hispanic Americans and other minorities encounters a setback: the closure of the majority of Hispanic community centers established in the previous election. 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