Latin Builders Association: Construction Group Supports Democratic Candidate For First Time In 48 Years

With the election being just weeks away, support counts. It has been said that neither candidate can win without the Latino vote and by the way it’s looking, Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton is proving victorious.

According to FOX News Latino, the nation’s largest Latino construction organization has decided to put their support behind Clinton. Known for its history of backing conservative political candidates, the group is set to endorse Clinton.

Based in Miami, this is the first time the Latin Builders Association whose membership is primarily Cuban-American, has ever supported a Democratic presidential nominee.

Former Vice President Al Gore is expected to appear at a rally Clinton is holding at Miami-Dade College.

“Throughout its 40-year history, the LBA has consistently endorsed candidates who have conservative principles, a pro-business mindset, believe in limited government regulation, and possess strong business ethics and family values that have closely aligned with ours,” LBA President Alex Lastra said in a statement. “In the past, these candidates have tended to be from the Republican Party.”

Lastra also says that a president needs to be able to bring people together and “possess the right temperament.”

“We need to continue to strengthen our economy, reestablish a strong international voice and preserve our environment,” the statement continued. “Ms. Clinton has an ambitious and clear economic plan to create new high-paying jobs that will diversify the construction industry that is so essential to South Florida's economy.”

The news doesn’t come as much of a shock as many political analyst and social media users have spoken that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s temperament may end up costing him the election.

The LBA has expressed their misgivings about Trump last year when the businessman was still part of a huge GOP field of candidates seeking the presidential nomination. The site reports that the group changed its plans to hold its biennial gala at the real estate magnate’s golf resort in Doral.

The group attributed its refusal to have its event there to Trump’s “recent pattern of bigoted, sexist and ignorant verbal assaults on immigrants, women and veterans.”