If this was a Latino Democratic candidate there'd be writing songs and it would be like 24-7 on the loop and there'd be music videos and pit bull would be dancing with them.

This is in the fake. It's a podcast about politics and the race to the White House in 2016

where we talk about race. We are the show that basically gives you different perspectives and different topics stuff that no one else is talking about because that's what we love in terms of political coverage. I'm Mariano Rosa. With me in the studio is Julio Ricardo Barreela, who is the political editor for the Futuro media group.

Hello Maria welcome back.

Ola Gullia you did a great job hosting. Thank you. And with us from

Lansing, Michigan is Bettina Inclanten who is Senior Vice President at Mercury, which is a public

strategy firm, and she is the former director for Hispanic outreach at the Republican

National Committee.

So that means Bettina you have been in some of those rooms

that I would have loved to have been in at some point.

Hey Bettina, hi.

And in Washington, D.C.

We have Tim Mack.

He's the senior correspondent for the Daily Beast, and he covers politics.

Hey Tim, how are you?

Good, good.

So in the last several weeks on this show, we've talked a lot about Trump, we've talked

a lot about Clinton, we've talked a lot about Sanders, but actually this week and so appropriate

after his big win in Wisconsin,

I really want to focus on Ted Cruz.

And first off, I want us to talk

about the whole issue of his Latino identity.

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