{"id":7592,"date":"2010-12-04T10:38:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T17:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=7592"},"modified":"2011-11-28T08:37:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T15:37:49","slug":"new-tequila-party-movement-mixes-in-stronger-dose-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/new-tequila-party-movement-mixes-in-stronger-dose-of-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;Tequila Party&#8217; movement mixes in stronger dose of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=952941;hostDomain=www.ktnv.com;playerWidth=300;playerHeight=240;isShowIcon=true;clipId=5351445;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=undefined;enableAds=false;landingPage=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ktnv.com%252Fcategory%252F164911%252Fktnv-video;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript'><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>(KTNV 13 Action News)<\/em> &#8211; The battle over immigration reform and several other issues affecting Hispanics has led to the creation of a new Grassroots movement in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough to forget the uproar of the Tea Party or even the small brewing caused by the Coffee Movement. But now entering the ring is a much stronger dose of politics: the Tequila Party.<\/p>\n<p>Irma Aguirre, Secretary\/Treasurer of the of the newly-formed Tequila Party says the name of the movement is perfect. It compares their political agenda to the complexities of the authentic Mexican alcoholic drink.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are using this as a tool to talk about issues, and the number one issue is the immigration reform problem in the U.S. and how it affects us in Nevada,&#8221; said Aguirre.<\/p>\n<p>She is also co-owner of a local Mexican restaurant and has started her own tequila brand. She insists this is no publicity stunt, but rather a very creative way to get results on a polarizing issue where Democrats and Republicans have failed to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are tired of the weak politics,&#8221; Aguirre added.<\/p>\n<p>While other activists agree that the Latino voting block hasn&#8217;t seen much progress with the immigration debate, they&#8217;re not sure this movement would motivate the community to desert their current party affiliations.     <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Latinos would like to see more activism and participation in the community. But as far as the Tequila Party, I don&#8217;t think Latino voters know a lot about it at this point,&#8221; said Artie Blanco, spokesperson for the Mi Familia Vota Organization.<\/p>\n<p>But some feel that the name itself may be an added distraction to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to rethink the name &#8220;Tequila.&#8221; It gives the opportunity for people to not take us seriously in matters that are very serious in our community,&#8221; said JC Castillo who opposes the idea of a Tequila Party.<\/p>\n<p>Aguirre points out that the party is not an ethnic-based organization and hopes that anyone that identifies themselves or is affected by the immigration topic will join in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(KTNV 13 Action News) &#8211; The battle over immigration reform and several other issues affecting Hispanics has led to the creation of a new Grassroots movement in Nevada. It&#8217;s tough to forget the uproar of the Tea Party or even the small brewing caused by the Coffee Movement. But now entering the ring is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14260,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions\/14260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}