No Vendidos in the Cabinet

I’m sorry, I think that was supposed to be “No Latinos in Trump’s Cabinet.”

Either way, the response to that would be, “GOOD!”

What good would a bunch of sell-outs do for Latinos?

Seriously, what would they do for DREAMers, the 11 million, for public education, for health care, women, LGBT, or the low-income elderly? They would be too busy proving how self-loathing and loyal they are to Trump. Let’s get real.

I swear, sometimes I think “professional” Latino groups like LULAC, NALEO, NCLR, and chambers of commerce are just in this game for free tickets to a White House dinner and a photo op. Of course, they’ll call it “advocacy,” right?

Oh, my, how will they get on a DC guest list, now?!?

These “pros” have this silly idea that an “X” in the Hispanic box on a federal form is the same as representation. It isn’t. Far from it. Especially in a Trump White House and Republican Congress. Especially if you have a legislative agenda.

There’ve been sell outs like Bush’s AG Al “Torture is Quaint” Gonzalez, or a Honduran nightmare of a Bush nominee Miguel Estrada for a federal court who wanted to do away with judicial review that were backed by some of these professional groups. And for what? Because they were labeled Latino? Because numbers were more important than policy and law? Yeah, that’s pretty much it. This isn’t advancement. It’s an insult to people’s intelligence.

Note to these corporate funded groups:  Don’t do us any favors.