By Dr. Robert Renteria | FreedomTalk Magazine September, 2026 pages 22-23
People succeed and stay strong when they work together, but they fail and become weak when they fight or separate. We are at a critical point in history, and we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come together as one nation under God.
This is a big idea whose time has come. Look at what happened in the 2024 election: 42% to 48% of Hispanic and Latino American voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump, helping secure his historic political comeback as the 47th president after he had served as the 45th president of the United States of America.
This is living proof that we can unite. We need to examine whether America remains a refuge from political persecution or has itself become a persecutor of citizens and immigrants alike.
The question “Does the lamp of liberty still burn?” is a poetic way of asking whether the core values of freedom, democracy, and individual rights remain alive in a community, a nation, or a generation. I ask that we look forward to becoming one people, one party. I believe we must stand together and become part of the fabric of Hispanic American communities. People are trying to persecute us for our values. It should never be about age, race, religion, economic background, or the color of our skin.
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As we head toward the midterm elections on November 3, I respectfully ask you to embrace our Hispanic American brothers and sisters and join us in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, held from September 15 through October 15.
This celebration honors the history, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
I am advocating for unity and inclusiveness, not exclusiveness, within the Republican Party. Over the past three years, I have witnessed a great deal of ugliness.
I have spoken with many conservatives, both here in Illinois and across the country. As I have written before, we must address the elephant in the room: the Republican Party can no longer appear to be a party only for White people. Hispanic Americans have strong conservative values and share a political and social philosophy that emphasizes traditional institutions, customary practices, and an established social order.
As Hispanic Americans, we share core values: tradition and order, family structure, personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, the rule of law and national defense, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, and human dignity.
The Republican Party’s national racial and ethnic breakdown is 79% White, 9–11% Hispanic/Latino American, 2–3% Black American, and 7% Asian American, other, or mixed race.
At the Republican Party galas, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners I have attended in Illinois, roughly 98–100% of attendees have been White. The party’s brand has a lot of room for improvement. Black and Hispanic Americans are ready to vote Republican, but the GOP’s limited ground game and lack of visible interest in these communities send the wrong message. As I have said before, we must build relationships rather than assume minority voters should come to us. Black and Hispanic Americans do not need us; we need them.
Please reach out to me so we can discuss ways to be more inclusive and collaborate. I am here to help.
Remember, if we break bread we go RED!
Dr. Robert Renteria, 312-933-5619
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