WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz wants to block federal agencies from using the term “Latinx.”
Cruz, a Texas Republican whose father emigrated from Cuba, said Thursday he was introducing, along with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a bill that would prohibit federal agency chiefs and their employees from using it in any official communications or forms.
“Hispanic Americans overwhelmingly oppose the term ‘Latinx,’ and I want to make sure our government does not bow to woke activists in our federal departments or agencies by insisting on ridiculous terminology like this,” Cruz said in a press release. “It has no place in official government communication, and I’m proud to work with Sen. Rubio to keep it out.”
