Koch brothers fund Hispanic group Democrats fear

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Last August, Pastor Marcus Burgos brought a group to his church, which is located in a rough part of San Antonio. Together, Burgos and a handful of people from the group, called the LIBRE Initiative, distributed boxes of food to parishioners in need, the majority of whom were Hispanic.

In Florida, the organization helps Latinos with tax-preparation services. In Nevada, the group is helping undocumented immigrants get their driver’s authorization cards. The LIBRE Initiative, in short, is helping Latinos with the things regular people need help with.

And it’s alarming Democrats.

LIBRE is a group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch. They’ve been providing services and building meaningful relationships with Hispanics since 2011 in states like Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Arizona — and they’re doing this all while espousing conservative principles to a key demographic of voters in person, in print, and online.

Democrats from these key states are upset about it, too. They say LIBRE effectively misleads Hispanics on a whole host of issues. And they worry the national Democratic Party is asleep at the wheel, unaware that the group is winning a game most Democrats don’t even know is being played.

“I brought the LIBRE Initiative up to party leaders and their response was ‘What? Who?’” said one Democratic official who asked for anonymity to speak frankly. “At the national level they didn’t know who they were.”

Who the Libre Initiative really is depends on who you’re talking to.

The group says its nonpartisan, but right-leaning in ideology.
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There is much more.

Democrats would rather take these Hispanics for granted.  They would also rather see them not get the help if they are getting it from a conservative organization.