As a Never Trumper, I didn’t get it. So, I interviewed some Latinos for Trump and I got an earful. Many of them saw themselves not as Latinos but as Americans, and so they weren’t hung up on Trump’s anti-Latino screeds. They didn’t like or trust Clinton, appreciated Trump’s frankness, wanted a strong leader, and thought he was right about a lot of issues, including trade and immigration.
That sounds a lot like the way it's supposed to be: "I'm not a latino, I'm AMERICAN." Which is something much of the Evil Party can't stand.
Yes, immigration. What most non-Latinos don’t grasp is that Latinos are ambivalent about illegal immigration. They have a front-row seat not just to the pain of deportations, but also to how many immigrants commit crimes or abuse social services.
In 2016, an astounding 29 percent of Latinos voted for Trump.
And now, two years into his presidency, polls show that his support among Latinos is somewhere between 33 and 41 percent. That’s insanely good for a president who is so bad on issues that Latinos supposedly care about.
Then you have the Democrats, who take Latino voters for granted and whose entire Latino outreach strategy can be summed up in six words: “Vote for us. We’re not Republican.”
Can you say "Nightmare for Democrats"?
In reality, Democrats have never been there for Latinos. And now they’re surprised that this group may not be there for them in the midterm elections?
The surprise is that Latinos have been fooled for so long. Now, it seems, more of them are waking up — and refusing to stick up for a party that won’t stick its neck out for them.
Translation: "Latinos are realizing that they've been used just like blacks by the Democrats. And they don't like it." Combine that with lots of blacks realizing things have improved a lot under Trump, and it's a REAL nightmare for the Evil Party.
Now we'll see if the Stupid Party effs it up.
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