https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/08/what-real-gop-outreach-to-latinos-would-look-like/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:37:02 -0400<![CDATA[And speaking of Canada, Roy’s suggestion that “Republicans could probably boost their performance with Hispanics simply by requiring any Republican candidate for Congress or statewide office to take a beginner’s course in the language of Latin America” is the kind of thing that would move us toward Canada in another way. Quebeckers are disproportionately represented in the country’s political elite because the bilingual requirements favor them — they’re a minority that already has to learn English to function, while English speakers outside Quebec don’t normally learn French. In districts or states with lots of immigrants, it certainly can help to speak at least a little Spanish — or whatever other languages are spoken by immigrants there — for the purposes of baby-kissing retail politics, but the business of the nation can only be conducted in the common tongue.]]>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:05:27 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/08/what-real-gop-outreach-to-latinos-would-look-like-n99965