Kansas Dems: "Adrienne Foster, we demand your resignation."

by Austin Stallings
Journalism Intern

A petition has been created that calls for the resignation of Adrienne Foster, the Executive Director of the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission (KHLAAC), in wake of her endorsement of Donald Trump. Trump's numerous inflammatory and discriminatory comments make this endorsement, at the very least, questionable. 

The petition reads, “As the leader of the KHLAAC, endorsing a man who has referred to Hispanics and Latinos as drug dealers, killers, criminals, and rapists -- and who boasts of building a border wall between the United States and Mexico -- is irresponsible, unthinkable, and entirely unacceptable.”

The petition refers to remarks made by Donald Trump early on in his campaign when he said, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

The petition goes on to say, "Foster's decision makes clear that she is totally out of touch with the community, and has utter disregard for the interests of the very people she claims to identify with and represent."

Donald Trump currently leads in the Republican Primary, and is seemingly closing in on the Republican nomination.

The Gayly 03/17/16 @ 11:40 a.m