RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Addresses the U.S. Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce

“RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today in Washington, D.C. Chairman Mehlman’s remarks addressed the critical issue of comprehensive immigration reform. The following is a transcript of Chairman Mehlman’s remarks as prepared for delivery (Part 1 of 2):

Thank you, Mike, for that kind introduction, and for the hard work you’re doing here at the Hispanic Chamber, and for serving this country at the Small Business Administration.

And thanks to all of you for being here, and for letting me have this opportunity to speak with you.

In 1978, a then-obscure advertising consultant from Texas named Lionel Sosa went to California to meet Ronald Reagan - Reagan wanted Sosa to take charge of his Hispanic outreach campaign.

As Sosa tells it, Reagan welcomed him into his office and then shocked him by announcing that Sosa’s job would be relatively easy.

Sosa asked how it would be easy to persuade Hispanics to vote for a Republican.

And in classic Reagan fashion, the Gipper responded that Hispanics were already Republicans … they just didn’t know it yet.

If the 2004 election was any indication, more than three million Hispanics have discovered that they agree with President Reagan.”

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