SALAZAR’S ‘REJECT LATINX ACT’ PASSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL)’s amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill that bans the Biden Administration from using the term “Latinx” on public-facing, government documents. The amendment was inspired by her similarly-named legislation, the Reject Latinx Act.

Although more than 90% of Latinos reject this term, the Biden White House has made it a point to continue referring to Latinos as Latinx.

“The reality is that the Spanish language has two genders: masculine and feminine. Male and female. Period. But a new generation wants to destroy a universal Hispanic reality. It wants to erase a grammatical rule that’s been in place for centuries because of an obsession with wokeness,” said Rep. Salazar.

The Biden Administration has used the term in multipleinstance. However, that does not take away from the reality that only 2% of Latinos use the term “Latinx,” according to a November 2021 Bendixen and Amandi poll. At least 31% find its use offensive, according to a 2022 Gallup poll.

The amendment is designed to prevent the term from being forced on Latinos, who’ve proudly used the male and female grammatical rules for centuries. It only applies to public government documents and is not intended to stifle free speech.

Instead, it will stop government extremists who are trying to erase the Hispanic culture.

The amendment passed with bipartisan suppoport.

To listen to Rep. Salazar’s floor remarks in defense of her amendment, click HERECongresswoman Salazar proudly represents Florida’s 27th congressional district. More than 75% of those who call her district home are of Hispanic descent.