CNBC Host: "Can We Get Some Mexican Music" To Go With Ted Cruz Report?

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quote: “Can we get some music to go along with that? Some Mexican music, maybe?”
their: The Blaze’s
their_title: CNBC Host’s Stunning Slam on Ted Cruz: ‘Can We Get Some Mexican Music Maybe?’
their_url: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/23/cnbc-hosts-stunning-slam-on-ted-cruz-can-we-get-some-mexican-music-maybe/
their_copy: CNBC’s Steve Liesman made an offhand crack Tuesday about freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and “Mexican music” that has some saying he went too far. “We’re going to call this the Senator Ted Cruz jobs report,” Liesman said in reference to Tuesday’s unemployment report. “These are the jobless claims of Senator Ted Cruz.” An image of Cruz appeared on the CNBC studio screens, prompting Liesman to say, “Can we get some music to go along with that? Some Mexican music, maybe?”
theirCTA: Read the full story here.
our_copy: Liesman’s remarks would have been out of bounds even if Cruz was a Mexican-American. But he’s not. Cruz was born in Canada and is of Cuban descent, his father fled the island for the U.S. in the 1950s.

We can debate Cruz’s political positions, but let’s leave the stereotyping out of it.

Jordan Fabian is Fusion’s politics editor, writing about campaigns, Congress, immigration, and more. When he’s not working, you can find him at the ice rink or at home with his wife, Melissa.