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R.N.C. Shutting Down Community Centers Aimed at Minority Outreach
The Republican National Committee, days after electing new leadership and overhauling its presidential campaign operation, is shuttering all of the community centers it established for minority outreach nationwide and laying off their staffs, according to two people briefed on the plans, a move that could impede Republicans’ efforts to court voters of color.The community centers, which were based in several states including California, New York, North Carolina and Texas, were part of a yearslong effort to encourage Black, Latino, Asian and Native American voters to join the party. Republicans closed several minority outreach centers in battleground states more than a year ago and did not retain their minority media outreach directors.
R.N.C. Shutting Down Community Centers Aimed at Minority Outreach
While the new chairman says the party still plans to use the centers, an overhaul of G.O.P. operations continues as Donald Trump’s allies take over.
www.nytimes.com
This says it all.