Hey Latinos---here's what the Republican party thinks of you.

[trumad]

An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear. As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.

The RonPaulites, whose furious devotion to a single idea have made them the Ellen Jamesians of the right, were protesting a decision by RNC officials not to seat members of the Maine delegation, which was split between Paul and Romney supporters following rule changes made just prior to the convention. There were energetic shouts of “Aye!” and “Nay!” as a Puerto Rican party functionary—Zoraida Fonalledas, the chairwoman of the Committee on Permanent Organization—took her turn at the main-stage lectern. As she began speaking in her accented English, some in the crowd started shouting “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

”The chanting carried on for nearly a minute while most of the other delegates and the media stood by in stunned silence. The Puerto Rican correspondent turned to me and asked, “Is this happening?” I said I honestly didn’t know what was happening—it was astonishing to see all the brittle work of narrative construction that is a modern political convention suddenly crack before our eyes. None of us could quite believe what we were seeing: A sea of twentysomething bowties and cowboy hats morphing into frat bros apparently shrieking over (or at) a Latina.
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[ananda]

1. Well, so much for that pretend tokenism.

nt

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Because they are so many like-minded among them,

they forget the world is watching.

[tblue37]

2. They were not intending to shout her down as a Latina, though. Their shouts were aimed

at the other Republican delegates--the Ron Paul supporters--who were shouting "Seat them now!" about the Ron Paul supporters from Maine who had been refused seating. Their purpose was to shout over and shout down those "Seat them now!" cries.

Of course, it looked as though they were shouting, "USA!" as a way of insulting her for not being from one of the official USA states, and of course regardless of their reason for shouting when it was her turn to speak on stage, it was incredibly rude to shout over her when she had just been introduced.

Furthermore, if the Republicans had not made sure that the whole world and the whole country recognize them as xenophobes, and especially hateful against Hispanics and Blacks (not to ention being anti-woman as well!), then the immediate assumption would not have been that their reason for shouting "USA!" was to drown out a Hispanic woman simply because she was from Puerto Rico, which they consider to be just another one of those awful "furrin'" places full of darker skinned people..

[snooper2]

5. It's like DU meme fail but folks don't seem to get the message LOL

If you want to believe, if you really really WANT to believe!

[Drahthaardogs]

6. Oh, I think SOME of the Republicans were yelling in protest of the Paul supporters.

But I think a far greater number thought they were shouting down that there Hispaneeek lady.

[Enrique]

4. how many Latinos would care about that?

I'm guessing most would see that video and be shocked at what they saw, ask themselves is this possible? And then look closer and realize the outburst wasn't related to her ethnicity and move on. Unless they were interested in the Ron Paul controversy, and I don't know how many Latinos are interested in that.