The Hill Blasted for Tweeting GOP Looking to ‘Stea…

by Rachel Posted on


The Hill has been taking flack on social media for tweeting out that Republicans are looking to “steal” Hispanic voters from Democrats, implying that they are Democrats’ property.

The tweet shared an article from the publication exploring how Republican outreach to Hispanic voters has led to success. The article said:

Republicans are actively courting Hispanic voters in key competitive House districts, hoping to peel away voters from Democrats repeating their historical pattern of investing little and late in reaching out to Latinos.

“Hispanic voters are likely to play a key role in at least a dozen districts in the November midterm elections.”

Though the article explored the issue with little controversy, it was the tweet promoting the article that set people off.

“GOP sees chance to steal Hispanic voters from Democrats,” the tweet read.

Critics of the tweet said the use of the word “steal” implied that Hispanic voters were the property of the Democrats to be commandeered for political purposes rather than people to be served.