it is fascinating to me that the church the church is so mind politically. white evangelicals, it bedrock contingent of the republican party. black churchgoing democrats. i mean, souls to the polls is an invention of the black church and a largely democratic activity. and yet, the latino church has not been, i guess, seized upon in the way that one would expect it to be as an organizing tool. that was their exact decision-making process. they saw the way that democrats are going into black churches, are mobilizing their base, and they said wait a second, they have been doing this for decades. why don t we do the same thing? so, that is one of the ways that flores won, through her posture. her campaign started in her church, in her evangelical church. her pastor mobilized the congregation, he mobilized other past, risky mobilized evangelical latinos in the area, and not only did it work in this value, but it worked to nationalize on model.
changing that. in spanish. in spanish, that is right. one thing, there are many fascinating aspects about all of this, you speak to a political latino outreach group that is advocating for the preservation of conservative values. and they say one of the forums in which outreach has taken place is the church. and i will read the quote. if republicans do not start strategizing with latino pastors in churches like the democrats have done for years with the black church, it will be no victory for conservative candidates across the country. it is fascinating to me that the church the church is so mind politically. white evangelicals, it bedrock contingent of the republican party. black churchgoing democrats. i mean, souls to the polls is an invention of the black church and a largely democratic activity. and yet, the latino church has not been, i guess, seized upon in the way that one would expect it to be as an organizing tool. that was their exact decision-making process. they s
longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. that s nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn. he had to repudiate the abortion rights bill that get signed as a california governor, when he became the first president to make opposition to abortion a central part of his
the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn. he had to repudiate the abortion rights bill that get signed as a california governor, when he became the first president to make opposition to abortion a central part of his political identity. this person addressed formation on this issue shows the political transformation that was happening in the republican party on this issue too. pretty soon, opposition to abortion would become effectively an entry requirement for elected officials and the republican party. and then, pretty soon after that, anywhere republicans have
his first antiabortion segment was not until 1978, more than five years after roe. even as late as 1980, when ronald reagan biden was no longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. that s nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn.