the national focus on the story of gabby petito, whose remains were identified yesterday in wyoming, has generated a parallel conversation about how much attention is given to white women who go missing verses the amount of attention and resources given to women of color. according to the fbi, there were 55,000 adults who went missing last year where the person was believed to be in danger or gone missing voluntarily. more than 15,000 were black. 34,000 white, which includes lat latinos. are the numbers reflected in all the coverage or national attention? joining us is run tell this. thanks for being here. . thanks for having me. . it is interesting and raises
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whether it s the conspiracy theories about the president not being born here, whether social problems fiscal policies. this the not a policy thinking toward the future, their future or the country s future. they are ignoring hispanic, lat latinos and hispanic, young people, black people, brown people. women. don t forget the gays. people that have higher education. john, do you agree with alex that this is party rooted in a period, i guess, not the last, but the last century, i guess. it s sort of saddled with candidate that are more than willing, to turn the clock back on a lot of gains that the country has made on decades. i think what they are hoping and i m talking b about establishment republicans that the damage done by the 2012
friend of latinos. all of a sudden going after the catholic church. you have to understand that latinos are people of faith. the majority are catholic. this is not only an attack on religious freedom, but an attack on their church, on their faith. this is going to become a nightmare for the obama administration. would it be a nightmare for mitt romney? under his leadership when he was governor of massachusetts the same or similar rule applied. is it a nightmare for mitt romney? well, if he still has that same position, yes, it would be. as we know governor romney has changed his position since then. he s attacked the decision of the obama administration. the problem right now is with the decision from the obama administration. again, it s going to be very hard for the administration to explain this to latinos. you have to understand that lat