Sharron Angle, the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, had just released a campaign ad that portrayed Democratic rival Harry Reid as sympathetic to “illegal aliens.” Hispanics were shown as gang members, and Latino groups were outraged by what they called racial stereotyping.
At a Hispanic high school, this was her defense: “I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me.” Mr. Reid won the election.