Pearce Joins Call for Gop Leader's Resignation
The Santa Fe New Mexican › September 25, 2008
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U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce on Wednesday became the latest major Republican in New Mexico to call for the resignation of Bernalillo County GOP chairman Fernando C de Baca over remarks concerning Hispanic attitudes toward black people.
"Fernando is a friend and a good friend," Pearce told me in a telephone interview. "He's done a lot of good for the Republican Party in Bernalillo County. But the comments were very unfortunate. I feel like it's affecting the party. I called him and told him there's no way he should continue as county chairman."See the full content of this document
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Pearce Joins Call for Gop Leader's Resignation
Pearce joins U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, state GOP chairman Allen Weh and others who have called for C de Baca to step down.
The controversy started when C de Baca told a British Broadcasting Corp. reporter in an interview last week that Democratic presidential candidate B...See the full content of this document
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