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Trump Adviser: Hispanics Who Don't Like Trump Are Here Illegally
And the bigotry continues.
Trump Adviser: Hispanics Who Don't Like Trump Are Here Illegally
by SUZANNE GAMBOA
A political adviser to Donald Trump says the campaign does not have to worry about pursuing the Hispanic vote since most Latinos who do not like the GOP frontrunner are here illegally.
Michael Cohen, an attorney and executive in the Trump organization who is helping the candidate with his outreach to African Americans, acknowledged to Yahoo News that that there are Hispanic coalitions that don't like Trump, but incorrectly confined that dislike to people who can't turn out to the polls.
"And that's OK because the ones that don't like Trump aren't even here legally and they can't vote, so it doesn't really matter, right? And I understand their point of view. They're — they do not want to be asked to leave right? And go back where? Go back to their homes? You know they don't want to. So I understand," Cohen said in the story published Thursday.
Some three-quarters of the Latino population has American citizenship. In addition, there are millions more Latinos who are legal permanent residents and eligible for citizenship. Groups this election are targeting some of those Latinos to get their citizenship to become registered voters. The Latino Victory Foundation announced such a campaign on Thursday.
Polls have shown from two-thirds to three quarters of Latinos hold a negative view of Trump.
A Latino Decisions/ImpreMedia poll of registered Latino voters in battleground states showed 71 percent of those surveyed had an unfavorable view of Trump. Just 15 percent of the registered voters had a favorable view. Since they are registered voters, they would be citizens.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Trump Adviser: Hispanics Who Don't Like Trump Are Here Illegally
Republicans must be horrified.
If you look at the political views of the hispanic population as measured by polling data,
You would think that republicans could make significant inroads in gaining support among this growing demographic.
But, it's not going to happen if the traditional base of the party supports a race-baiting demagogue.
An important opportunity lost.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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