KANSAS CITY, Missouri (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A spokesperson for the National Council of La Raza, the biggest Latino advocacy group in the United States, says that the organization invited every current Republican and Democratic presidential candidate to their annual convention taking place in Kansas City, Mo., but only the Democrats agreed to come.
That means that none of the GOP candidates, not even Latino candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, will attend.
The Adobo Chronicles® spoke with all declared Republican candidates, exempt Trump, and they were one in saying that they have all but conceded the Latino vote to The Donald.
Despite his disparaging remarks about Mexicans (calling them “racists, drug addicts and criminals”), Trump, who leads in some new polls among the GOP presidential candidates, recently said that he will win the Latino vote.
MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles®) – After 63 years of existence, the Miss Universe Pageant is coming to an end, thanks to owner Donald Trump.
(The very first Miss Universe was Armi Kuusela from Finland, who shortly after being crowned in 1952, married a Filipino Virgilio Hilario, now deceased. Kuusela has since remarried and now lives in San Diego, California)
After Mexico and Paraguay pulled out of the pageant because of Trump’s racist remarks about Mexicans — calling them “rapists, drug addicts and criminals” — the Republican presidential candidate knew a bigger fall out was about to happen. Other Spanish-speaking countries are also considering dropping out of the international pageant.
Then came recent remarks by Trump, this time directed at African Americans. “African American youth had reached a point where they’ve just about never done more poorly, there’s no spirit, there’s killings on an hourly basis virtually in places like Baltimore and Chicago and many other places,” he said during a campaign stop.
Trump also criticized his opponent, Jeb Bush, saying that, “If Bush gets in, China will absolutely eat our lunch.”
And so the bigger fallout began: countries in Africa are also pulling out of the Miss Universe pageant, in solidarity with African Americans.
Many Asian countries are also backing out from sending contestants to the pageant because of Trump’s comments about China.
Realizing that only European countries are left to participate in Miss Universe, Trump decided to cancel the pageant altogether.
“No big deal,” he said, “I’d rather be president of the United States than be an owner of a beauty pageant.
Trump has risen to the number two spot, behind Jeb Bush, in recent polls among Republican candidates for president. Apparently, his racial rhetoric is working in his favor.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Things seem to be turning up roses for the beleaguered Donald Trump and his Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
After his disparaging remarks about Mexicans during his announcement for a bid to become the Republican nominee for president, Trump lost both Univision and NBC Universal which were home networks for the live television coverage of the pageants.
Luckily, Trump found an ally in the little known Reelz cable network which agreed to air the Miss USA pageant live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 12.
But then, five co-hosts of the Miss USA pageant all dropped out from their duties, including Thomas Roberts, Cheryl Burke, Roselyn Sanchez, Cristian de la Fuente and Jeannie Mai.
Luck comes twice in a row so to speak, when the Philippines’ self-proclaimed queen of all media and presidential sister Kris Aquino agreed to co-host the Miss USA pageant this weekend. “It has always been my dream to be the host of the Miss Universe Pageant,” Aquino said, “and I hope hosting the Miss USA pageant is a stepping stone towards that dream.” CNN’s Don Lemon is rumored to be Aquino’s co-host for Miss USA.
What is left for Trump is to deal with the fallout from participating Miss Universe countries. Mexico, Panama and the Philippines have dropped out of the Miss Universe pageant, and other Latin American countries are expected to follow suit.
But perhaps with the prestige that Aquino brings to the pageant, the boycotting countries might very well change their minds.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A spokesperson for the National Council of La Raza, the biggest Latino advocacy group in the United States, says that the organization invited every current Republican and Democratic presidential candidate to their annual convention taking place in Kansas City, Mo., but only the Democrats agreed to come.
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