Democrats need Latino voters. So where are the Latinos at the Democratic National Convention?

He also warned that the Democrats risk losing Latino support if they do not make greater efforts at inclusion.Or as Latinx Colombian journalist Gigi Gomez said to me about Ocasio Cortez's short speech: "So sure, we are going to bring in the help for 60 seconds, is that what this is?"Yet, in the blink-and-you-missed-it slot Tuesday night, Ocasio Cortez took a machete to the political bromides and cut to the elephant in the room.She spoke in English and Spanish and lauded the recent mass protest movement and its struggle "to recognize and repair the wounds of racial injustice, colonization, misogyny and homophobia and to propose and build reimagined systems of immigration and foreign policy that turn away from the violence and xenophobia of our past."She also dared say "colonialism" and "el espíritu del pueblo" — the spirit of the people — while obviously referring to Puerto Rico; it was music to the ears of this Boricua writer and many other Latinos.Nonetheless, the party paraded speakers such as Republican former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Cindy McCain and Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell for its Democratic audience, giving members of the opposing party more time on-screen during the first two nights than Latino speakers have the entire convention.This is not how you court the fastest-growing segment of the electorate, which Karl Rove once told the Republican Party could be its for the taking because of social issues.Ocasio Cortez's 96-second speech might be the talk of progressives after Tuesday, but what Biden and vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris must take away after Thursday is that Latinos cannot be ignored and must never again be relegated to the cheap seats.