Sharron Angle tells Hispanic students:
'Some of you look a little more Asian to me'
Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston has unearthed another strange comment from Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle during a visit with Hispanic students.
"So that's what we want is a secure and sovereign nation, and, you know, I don't know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don't know that," she told Rancho High School's Hispanic Student Union on Friday. "What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I'm evidence of that. I've been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly." Here's video.
At the same event, Angle defended her anti-immigration ads, saying she wasn't targeting Latinos and suggesting she was talking about the border with Canada:
"I'm not sure that those are Latinos in that commercial. What it is, is a fence, and there are people coming across that fence. What we know is that our northern border is where the terrorists came through. That's the most porous border that we have. We cannot allow terrorists; we cannot allow anyone to come across our border if we don't know why they're coming. So, we have to secure all of our borders, and that's what that was about, is border security."
The ad, which featured a map of Mexico and a group of Mexican farmers, was taken off YouTube after a photographer complained about the use of his photos.
Republicans have been struggling to win over Latino voters. According to a recent poll most Latinos back Democrats, but they aren't very motivated to vote in November. And Republicans hold a big advantage over Democrats this cycle -- they have more high-profile Latino candidates running for statewide offices.
As for Angle's comment about being the first Asian legislator, Ralston (a veteran reporter) says: "I have no idea what she is talking about."
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