Jorge Ramos

Do you know who Jorge Ramos is? You should. Mr. Ramos has been the top news anchor for Univision since the late 80's, and is one hell of a journalist. He has personally interviewed Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez, Joe Biden and George W. Bush. He even mediated a debate between then senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton when they were trying to get their democratic nominations back in 08. Jorge Ramos is very liberal, and very passionate about immigration reform. Why should you care about a Univision news anchor and political talk show host? Well, Univision just became the most watched television channel in the United States. In any language. Period. Univision has the most viewers over 55 of any other channel spanish or english, but also have the most viewers under 30 of any spanish or english television station.

This is a really big deal. When a television station reaches ratings on that massive of a level, and then start to voice a political opinion more frequently than ever, the consequences for opponents get higher. Steve King is a Congressman from Iowa, who recently in a speech compared illegal immigrants to dogs. Steve King then went onto Ramos's political show, Al Punto, to um, not apologize for it. Here, watch.

Did you watch it? Did you see Jorge tear Steve to pieces? This isn't just funny, it's a stern message. Republicans, if you really are trying to save the latino vote, then your first step would be to take the latino people seriously. Going on the #1 rated television show in our hemisphere and trying to justify your bigotry isn't a good idea. No matter how you spin it, like Jorge Ramos said, "I don't think it is complimentary to compare people to animals." If you would like to see the actual video of Steve King comparing illegal immigrants to bird dogs, here it is, just so you don't think that I'm taking something out of context.

Am I the only one who thinks that we, as a country are losing our empathy? Did we somehow stumble in our ability to put ourselves in other peoples' shoes? How come our elected officials are so full of generic hate? Ready to get really mad? The committee that is going to decide whether or not comprehensive immigration reform is going to get done or not has this man, Steve King, Mr. Frisky Latino Bird Dogs as a member. Joy. Go look up other videos of Jorge Ramos's interviews. Familiarize yourself with him, he is a very important leader for immigration reform, and the ethical treatment of our fellow human beings.