{"id":1002720,"date":"2018-10-23T16:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002720"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:16","slug":"icymi-nbc-news-dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-democrats-have-stepped-up-latino-voter-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nbc-news-dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-democrats-have-stepped-up-latino-voter-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: NBC News: DNC Chair Tom Perez says Democrats have stepped up Latino voter outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-democrats-have-stepped-latino-voter-n923081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>: DNC Chair Tom Perez says Democrats have stepped up Latino voter outreach<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez is pushing back on criticism of the party\u2019s outreach to Latinos, saying there has been \u201cimportant and substantial investment in Latino voters across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI knew when I took this job we needed to up our game in every community,\u201d Perez, the first Latino to head the Democratic Party, told NBC News on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Perez said he is working against the fear that Trump has put into some Latino voters, so getting them out on Election Day has meant giving assurances that \u201cwe have their back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With another trip planned to Los Angeles, Perez said it\u2019s no coincidence that he&#8217;s stopping at so many Latino-heavy areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFolks understand they are not only voting for themselves but also for community,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are putting hope on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-democrats-have-stepped-latino-voter-n923081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News: DNC Chair Tom Perez says Democrats have stepped up Latino voter outreach &nbsp; AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez is pushing back on criticism of the party\u2019s outreach to Latinos, saying there has been \u201cimportant and substantial investment in Latino voters across the country.\u201d &nbsp; \u201cI knew when I took this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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