Republican Latinos in Swing-State Florida Publicly Support Hillary Clinton

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Aug 16 2016, 10:52 am ET

Republican Latinos in Swing-State Florida Publicly Support Hillary Clinton

by Suzanne Gamboa


William Sanchez, a Republican who served in former President George W. Bush's administration, is grateful Barack Obama and not Donald Trump was in office when Arizona passed its toughest in the nation immigration enforcement bill in 2010.
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Sanchez, who served as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 2004-05, is on the growing list of Latino Republicans who are publicly opposing Trump and endorsing Hillary Clinton.

He is part of "Together for America," a group of Republicans and Independents who are recruiting others like them to join in voicing support for the Democratic nominee. The group was created by the Clinton campaign for Republicans wanting to voice support for Clinton.
William Sanchez

The group includes a handful of Latinos, such as Carlos Gutierrez, former Commerce secretary in the Bush administration. Most have ties to former president Bush and/or former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who built up the ranks of Latino leaders in their party during their years in office. Other Latinos on the list are Ruben Alvarez, former policy advisor to Gov. Jane Dee Hull, R-Ariz. and Alberto Mora, former general counsel of the U.S. Navy. ..........................

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