José E. Serrano: “once again we find the Republicans caught in a very big contradiction. On one hand they put out feelers to the Hispanic…”

“once again we find the Republicans caught in a very big contradiction. On one hand they put out feelers to the Hispanic community saying, ``Come into the party, join us, we want to serve you, we want to help you.'' On the other hand they launch the unprecedented attack on Loretta Sanchez and Hispanics throughout the Nation, somehow insisting that every Hispanic in the country, perhaps including myself, participated on election day in some fraud to get Loretta elected. It is time that Americans realize that this is their way of not dealing with the truth. Self-denial is a very pitiful state to be in, and that is what Republicans find themselves in. Americans do not like it. Hispanics like it even less. It is time that Republicans got it through their right-wing, reactionary minds that this is not going to work. It is not going to work. Loretta won fair and square, and it is time to let her go on with this work in this House and stop harassing Hispanics throughout this country.”