Univision video confirms Sandoval said his kids don’t look Hispanic

By Jon Ralston

I have confirmed that Brian Sandoval, as reported by Univision’s news director in a column and revealed in an earlier blog post, did indeed say that his children don’t look Hispanic when asked by the Spanish-language station whether he was worried about his kids being profiled if they were in Arizona.

Sandoval denied (twice) making the comments during an interview with “Face to Face” this week. But the comments are on videotape, I have confirmed. Univision, however, is declining to release the tape, claiming (as most media organizations would) that it is work product.

My guess, too, is that Univision will not air the video now – why wouldn’t the reporter have used it originally???? – because the station higher-ups are mortified about the disclosure of Sandoval’s comments in a scathing column in El Tiempo by news director Adriana Arévalo. My guess is that station folks also are apoplectic that a news director would consider it appropriate to write a harsh column about a gubernatorial hopeful – they are saying she did it in her capacity as an El Tempo columnist but she can’t just wash away her TV title.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2010/jul/29/unvision-video-confirms-sandoval-said-his-kids-don/

http://thisisreno.com/2010/07/opinion-brian-sandoval-again-lies-to-nevadans-on-statewide-tv/

Sandoval also showed he does not have a firm grasp on the reality of Nevada’s economic situation, noting with a smile that he would work to “maintain a positive business environment.” In reality, in a non-partisan study, CNBC recently ranked Nevada 47th in America’s Top States for Business, largely because Nevada ranks dead last in education.

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In another bizarre statement, Sandoval told Ralston: “I’ve never said I was for driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants….I did not flip-flop.”

Only Sandoval did flip-flop. And the Las Vegas Sun exposed him for it months ago. Still, despite the evidence, the Republican brazenly stuck with his story, saying “none of my positions have changed.”

:rofl: