'Calling the GOP’s need to reach out to Latinos a “great myth,” Schlafly said that “the people the Republicans should reach out to are the white votes, the white voters who didn’t vote in the last election.” […] “The propagandists are leading us down the wrong path,” she said. “There’s not any evidence at all that these Hispanics coming in from Mexico will vote Republican.”'
That's going to be a problem for you, isn't it, Ms. Schlafly. And certainly they won't if you keep complaining that all those immigrants are just coming from other countries expecting hand-outs.
Of course, while Schlafly's view of the future is a bit murky, her view of the past is no better.
'Last week, she lamented that today’s immigrants are less patriotic than the “Irish, Italian, Jewish, etc.” immigrants of “earlier generations.”'
Funny thing is, the WASP establishment and the Republicans were pretty upset about all those immigrants, too, thinking them uncultured threats to American society. As a result, they voted Democrat for a long time, too.
Schlafly Encourages GOP to Ignore Latinos, Focus on White Turnout
Eagle Forum’s Phyllis Schlafly is riled up about comprehensive immigration reform, and she has hardly been hiding the reason why. Last month, Schlafly predicted that comprehensive reform would b
I remember the left falling for the same delusion in Britain in the 1980s. "If only Labour was more left wing than all those people who don't vote will vote Labour". And in 1983 they went down to one of their most crushing defeats in history, and it was 14 years before they won another election.
The GOP is not going down without a fight, but they are fighting in the wrong direction. If they continue, they will eventually fall. Which beats their being in charge, but isn't (to my mind) overall good for the country for very long. The Dems need someone to keep them honest.