Pablo Pantoja, who previously served as the State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, has defected to the Democratic Party.
Citing the GOP’s “culture of intolerance,” Pantoja confirmed his party change in an email sent Monday to Florida Nation. Pantoja also drew reference to a much-maligned dissertation from the Heritage Foundation’s Jason Richwine that sought to discourage non-whites from immigrating to the United States on the basis that those groups have lower IQs. Richwine resigned from his post at Heritage last week.
“I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others,” Pantoja wrote. “Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them.”
h/t Political Wire
