{"id":2209607,"date":"2024-03-30T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-democrats-spar-with-hispanic-columnist-over-biden-outreach-event-in-miami\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:45:33","slug":"florida-democrats-spar-with-hispanic-columnist-over-biden-outreach-event-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-democrats-spar-with-hispanic-columnist-over-biden-outreach-event-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democrats clash with Hispanic columnist on Biden event outreach in Miami"},"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\">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%2Fflorida-democrats-spar-with-hispanic-columnist-over-biden-outreach-event-in-miami%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=2209607&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>The \u200dDemocratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida\u2062 criticized Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago for disparaging President Joe Biden&#8217;s Hispanic outreach strategy. Santiago&#8217;s \u200bcolumn, &#8220;Three gringos in Coral Gables launch Biden-Harris Latino campaign,&#8221; lamented the absence of prominent Hispanic figures in \u200cthe initiative, questioning Democratic\u200b commitment to winning Florida.\u200d The Caucus expressed \u200cdisappointment and defended their efforts\u2062 against Santiago&#8217;s critique.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">Democratic<\/a> Hispanic Caucus of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">Florida<\/a> took aim at <em>Miami Herald<\/em> columnist Fabiola Santiago for her critique of the launch of a Hispanic outreach initiative for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/news-columns-blogs\/fabiola-santiago\/article287165135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"column\">column<\/a> for the <em>Miami Herald<\/em> on Friday titled \u201cThree gringos in Coral Gables launch Biden-Harris Latino campaign. (Sad trombone.)\u201d which took aim at the Biden campaign using three white people \u2014 invoking the controversial term \u201cgringo\u201d in her column \u2014 to reach out to Hispanic and Latino voters for the November election.<\/p>\n<p>In her column, Santiago belittles the Biden campaign for not using high-profile Hispanic allies of the president to announce the initiative and argues it showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> are not as serious about flipping Florida as they are with other battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be fertile ground for the opposition. Yet, the stars of the election, President Joe Biden and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, are in other Hispanic-populated states like Arizona. Also missing are the party\u2019s top surrogates and sufficient party campaign funds,\u201d Santiago wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida said they were \u201chighly disappointed\u201d with the column and fought back at the assessment from Santiago.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were highly disappointed to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHerald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MiamiHerald<\/a>\u2019s opinion column by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabiolasantiago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fabiolasantiago<\/a>, where the 3\/29\/2024 article not only failed to recognize the presence of statewide Democratic leadership but also diminished the critical role of the Second Gentleman of the United States,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zXPRTAlnjZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zXPRTAlnjZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida (@Hispanic_Caucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hispanic_Caucus\/status\/1773764591937257739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe event was hosted by the Miami-Dade Hispanic caucus\u2019 President @juancuba at the new @DHCFMiami Headquarters. Other leaders in attendance included the state President for the Hispanic Caucus @RolandoBarrero, Broward County President @LourdesDiaz, and FDP Vice Chair for the Hispanic Outreach Council Natascha Otero Santiago @NataschaOS, amongst many others,\u201d the lengthy post on X said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u201c3 gringos\u201d were surrounded by many Hispanic leaders. If you would like to interview our Hispanic leadership to gain more insight into that event, our State Communications Director, Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg, would happily facilitate that for The Miami Herald,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida Democrats have racked up several high-profile losses in the Sunshine State in recent years, after the state was considered a quintessential battleground for several years. In the last statewide elections, in 2022, Democrats lost up and down the ballot \u2013 losing the governor\u2019s race by nearly 20%.<\/p>\n<p>The last time a Democratic president won Florida was 2012, when then-President Barack Obama carried the state en route to winning a second term. While the Biden campaign has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/29\/biden-campaign-leadership-florida-00149720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> a leadership team to make a play for the state, the <em>Cook Political Report <\/em>has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/presidential-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">rated<\/a> the state as \u201clikely Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Democrats\u2019 Hispanic Caucus criticized Miami Herald&#8217;s Fabiola Santiago for her critique of President Biden&#8217;s Hispanic outreach initiative. Santiago&#8217;s column titled \u201cThree gringos in Coral Gables launch Biden-Harris Latino campaign. 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