Editing Desi Arnaz (section)

===Politics===
A lifelong [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], Arnaz was deeply patriotic about the United States. In his memoirs, he wrote that he knew of no other country in the world where "a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable to speak the language" could achieve the successes that he had.<ref name="Arnaz" /> He was a supporter of Richard Nixon and member of the Spanish-Speaking Committee for the Re-Election of the President in 1972.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=News from the Committee for the Re-Election of the President |title=Spanish-Speaking Committee for the Re-Election of the President Announced |journal=Richard Nixon Presidential Library Contested Materials Collection Folder List |date=October 14, 1972}}</ref> Nixon appointed Arnaz as the U.S. roving ambassador to Latin America in the early 1970s.<ref name="Emmys.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/hall-fame/desi-arnaz-hall-fame-tribute |website=Emmys.com|title=Desi Arnaz: Hall of Fame Tribute }}</ref> He was a supporter of Ronald Reagan and spoke at campaign rallies, such as one hosted by the National Republican Hispanic Assembly in 1980.<ref name="El Paso Times">{{cite news |last1=Kever |first1=Jeannie |title=Rally pushes Hispanic vote behind Reagan |work=El Paso Times |date=October 17, 1980}}</ref> He was an advocate for the Hispanic community, encouraging them to take the 1980 census to increase federal funding for their communities.<ref name="1980 census">{{cite news |last1=Associated Press |title=Desi Arnaz |work=The Index-Journal |date=February 25, 1980}}</ref>