Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King’s campaign team mocked the “look” of Parkland shooting survivor Emma González in a meme published to King’s Official Facebook Page Sunday, March 25, drawing criticism from shooting survivors.
It’s part of a wave of recent attempts to discredit Gonzalez and other survivors as they call for legislation to address gun violence.
The item includes an image of González with tears streaming down her face at Saturday’s March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., as she recalled the 17 lives lost at her school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida.
The accompanying text criticizes González’ Cuban heritage, seeming to reference the Cuban flag patch seen on her sleeve.
“This is how you look when you claim Cuban heritage yet don’t speak Spanish and ignore the fact that your ancestors fled the island when the dictatorship turned Cuba into a prison camp, after removing all weapons from its citizens; hence their right to self defense,” the post says.
Our flag was designed after the Cuban flag with the colors inverted as a sign of solidarity with Cuba, as suggested by Lola Rodríguez de Tió.
Some celebrate Puerto Rican Flag Day on June 11th others celebrate it on December 22. Our flag was one hundred years old in 1995.
Boricuas in 1895 were fighting for independence from Spain. Some wanted independence so that Puerto Rico could be annexed to the United States.
Some hoped Puerto Rico would come into some sort of Antillian alliance or confederation.
Both sides worked together in one accord.
A group of Puerto Rican patriots in New York City worked on this project and that is where our flag was born. It was then a revolutionary flag in defiance of the Spanish reign. The reason they did not use the Lares Flag was because it represented a defeated effort. They wanted a new flag.
Outrageous Things Donald Trump Has Said About Latinos
Donald Trump’s affront against the Latino community reached new heights after Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos was forcibly removed from the presidential candidate’s Iowa press conference.
But it wasn’t the first time Trump has offended Latinos.
His anti-Latino remarks have cost him several business partners since the launch of his campaign in June, including NBC Universal, which aired Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice” and co-owns the Miss Universe Organization. Several prominent figures in the Latino community have also spoken out against Trump; actress America Ferrera and singer Ricky Martin published scathing op-eds condemning Trump’s actions and rallying Latinos to unite against him.
Even though only 18 percent of Hispanics take Trump seriously as a presidential candidate, the Republican has vowed that he “will win the Latino vote” if nominated.
If Trump wants to win the Latino vote, he might want to learn from past mistakes.
Here are 9 of the most outrageous things the presidential candidate has said about Latinos
He Called Latino Immigrants “Criminals” And “Rapists”
He Said Mexicans (And Other Immigrants) Were “Killers” Too
He Insisted The Mexican Government Intentionally Sends Their Criminals To The US
He ‘Provided Evidence’ That Latino Immigrants Were Rapists
He Took A Jab At Jeb Bush Over His Mexican-Born Wife
He Brought Up Jeb Bush’s Wife Again Less Than Two Months Later
He Said His Followers Were “Passionate” After Being Told Two Men Beat A Hispanic Man In His Name
He Kicked Jorge Ramos Out Of A Press Conference
He Blamed Blacks And Hispanics For Violent Crime Across The Country
Carolina Moreno Latino Voices Editor, The Huffington Post
