The Daily Show dismisses Hillary Clinton for the true Latino hero of 2016: 'El Jebe'


On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton celebrated Cinco de Mayo by unambiguously embracing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. On Wednesday's Daily Show, Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal was underwhelmed by Clinton's "solid opening offer" to Latinos. Democrats have to do more than pander, he said, "especially since Republicans finally have a candidate Latinos can call their own."
When Jon Stewart tried to correct him, pointing out that Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are both Latinos, Madrigal scoffed. "I guess those guys are technically Latinos," he said, but not really. That's partly because they "threw away a path to citizenship for a path to the White House," Madrigal added, "but mainly because they're Cuban, really a small and, I've got to be honest, a snooty subset — they're like the WASPs of the Latino world."
No, Madrigal said, the Republican who speaks Spanish, "literally married into the demographic" with his Mexican wife, and pronounces guacamole correctly is Jeb (pronounced "yeb"), "or as we call him, El Jebe." Watch Madrigal make his case below. —Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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