Miami’s Latin Builders Association, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Hispanic construction group, has endorsed Hillary Clinton, the first time the conservative-leaning, largely Cuban-American organization backing a Democrat for president.
LBA leaders plan to meet with Clinton behind closed doors Tuesday, when she will hold a rally at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus with former Vice President Al Gore.
“Throughout its 40-year history, the LBA has consistently endorsed candidates who have conservative principles, a pro-business mindset, believe in limited government regulation, and possess strong business ethics and family values that have closely aligned with ours,” LBA President Alex Lastra said in a statement. “In the past, these candidates have tended to be from the Republican Party.”
Once again what matters most to folks is that a president “ possess the right temperament, sound judgment, knowledge of national and international issues and the ability to bring people together, regardless of party affiliation.”
Alex Lastra, LBA president, said the temperament issue “weighed heavily” in their decision. In their 41 year history they have backed candidates up and down the ballot and they have been almost exclusively Republican.
Also noted in the article - the association “ditched” the Trump National golf resort as the venue for their biennial gala because of Trump’s despicable pattern remarks about everybody.