Jean Guerrero: In a 'Latinas First' strategy, everyone wins

The GOP has two words that give it strength: "America First."

Putting aside the slogan's antisemitic history and the problematic scarcity mind-set it promotes, it might sound reasonable enough. Why shouldn't our elected officials put our country first?

But the phrase is a useful lie to mask the party's actual priorities: protecting beloved tax-dodging billionaires and multinational corporations, which certainly are not putting America first.

Here's a slogan-worthy strategy that actually would benefit the nation as a whole: "Latinas First."

Latina leadership tends to have a ripple effect that helps by the USC Equity Research Institute in partnership with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE), a nonprofit for Latina empowerment.