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>> REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING
SERIOUS INROADS WITH THE FASTEST
GROWING VOTING GROUP AND
DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY PLAYING
THE BLAME GAME.
THE TURNS OUT DEMOCRATS HAVE
BEEN TAKING LATINO VOTERS FOR
GRANTED WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR
TOP ISSUES.
INFLATION, CRIME, AND
IMMIGRATION.
AND AOC IS LASHING OUT AT HER
OWN PARTY FOR NEVER MAKING AN
EFFORT.
>> I CAN AT LEAST STATE WITH
LATINO VOTERS WE NEVER TRIED AS
A PARTY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOT
TIRED IN TERMS OF LATINO
ELECTORATE.
I MEAN, WHERE’S OUR DREAM ACT?
WHERE IS OUR IMMIGRATION REFORM?
WE REALLY NEED TO STEP UP BOTH
IN OUR EFFORTS ON CAMPAIGN, BUT
ALSO ON OUR EFFORTS IN
GOVERNANCE.
>> BUT MSNBC’S JOY REID IS IN
COMPLETE DENIAL, AND THANKS
THE -- THINKS THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA IS HYPING THE STORY.
>> THERE IS THIS THING THAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA, BUT THEY SAY, OH,
HISPANIC VOTERS ARE GOING
REPUBLICAN.
IF THEY ARE NOW A SOLID
REPUBLICAN GROUP BECAUSE YOU DO
HAVE SOME SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES
THAT ARE SHIFTING RED --
>> I’VE BEEN PULLING MY HAIR OUT
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS
I’VE SEEN STORY AFTER STORY
AFTER STORY THAT YOU MENTIONED,
ACTING AS THOSE THE LATINO VOTE
IS SOMEHOW FIRMLY A REPUBLICAN
VOTE NOW, WHICH COULDN’T BE
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU POLL IT LATINOS ARE
STILL FIRMLY DEMOCRATIC.
>> OKAY.
I’LL START WITH YOU, JESSE.
I MEAN, THE TRUTH IS THAT WE’VE
EVEN REPORTED THERE’S AN
INCREASE OF LATINO VOTERS GOING
TOWARD THE REPUBLICANS.
THEY ACT LIKE WE’RE MAKING THIS
STUFF UP.
>> YEAH, THEY DO.
THEY SHOULD BE WORRIED.
THE DEMOCRATS MADE A MISTAKE,
BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO LUMP
BLACKS IN WITH HISPANICS, TRIED
TO PITCH THEM THE SAME WAY.
BUT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN
AMERICA IS DIFFERENT THAN.
HISPANIC EXPERIENCE.
THEIR FAMILY TREES ARE
DIFFERENT.
THE HISPANIC FAMILY TREE IS
COMPLICATED.
YOU HAVE LIGHT-SKINNED HISPANICS
THAT TRACE THEIR LINEAGE BACK TO
EUROPEAN SPAIN.
YOU HAVE DARKER-SKINNED
HISPANICS THAT HAVE MORE OF AN
INDIGENOUS BACKGROUND.
YOU HAVE SECOND AND THIRD
GENERATION HISPANICS THAT ARE
VERY ASSIMILATED.
THEN YOU HAVE MIGRANTS THAT JUST
GOT HERE.
THE DEMOCRATS TRY TO PITCH
HISPANICS BY USING THE BIG
GOVERNMENT RACE CARD PLAY THAT
THEY USED ON BLACKS, AND IT’S
NOT WORKING, BECAUSE ECONOMICS,
ESPECIALLY INFLATION AND CRIME,
TRUMPS IDENTITY POLITICS, AND
TURNED HISPANICS INTO SWING
VOTERS.
NOW HISPANICS ARE UP FOR GRABS.
THAT WOULD BE A DEATH BLOW TO
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COALITION.
>> HOW DO THEY EXPLAIN MYRA
FLORES, RUNNING FOR CONGRESS,
HAVING WON THE PRIMARY?
BY THE WAY, SHE --
>> SHE WON THE SPECIAL SEAT.
>> SHE WON THE SPECIAL SEAT,
RIGHT, BUT THE HISPANIC
CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS REJECTED
HER AS A MEMBER.
ARE YOU CONSIDERED LATINA IF
YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT BUT NOT IF
YOU’RE REPUBLICAN?
>> I’LL SAY THERE’S
LIGHT-SKINNED BLACKS AND
DARK-SKINNED BLACKS AS WELL.
>> I DON’T SEE COLOR.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT
YOU’RE MAKING.
I THINK DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO AGREE THAT
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS
CONVERSATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH
BLACKS, WITH WHITES, LATINOS,
HISPANICS, ALL VOTERS.
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TAKE THEM FOR
GRANTED AND THINK 45 DAYS OUT
FROM AN ELECTION AND GET A
MASSIVE GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT,
THAT’S THE ONLY ENGAGEMENT,
YOU’LL RUN INTO CHALLENGES THAT
I DON’T HAVE AGREE WITH THE
CONGRESSWOMAN.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE’S SAYING.
YOU CAN’T SAY THEY’VE NEVER
CAMPAIGNED.
I THINK THERE’S A LAZINESS AMONG
SOME DEMOCRATS AND STRATEGIST
HOW YOU ENGAGE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, PARTICULARLY BLACK AND
HISPANIC VOTERS.
BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS ARE
INTERESTED IN CRIME, INTERESTED
INFLATION, NATIONAL SECURITY.
WE WANT CLEAN ENERGY.
WE ALSO WANT ENERGY THAT’S
PLENTIFUL.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME
CONVERSATION WITH THOSE VOTERS
AS EVERY OTHER VOTER.
WHEN YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO ANGLE TO TALK TO THESE
VOTERS, YOU’LL RISK IT.
THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS TRYING TO
SAY, ALIENATING PEOPLE, PUSHING
THEM TO THE OTHER PARTY.
>> DON’T CALL THEM TACOS.
>> BREAKFAST TACOS.
>> DANA, THE TRUTH IS THAT WITH
THE NUMBER OF BLACKS AND
HISPANICS WHO ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- I THINK
WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, THERE’S
A MOVEMENT -- AND LOW VOTER
TURNOUT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE
PART OF THE ARGUMENT THAT AOC IS
MAKING.
DO YOU THINK THERE’S A
MOTIVATION ON THE PART OF THE
DEMOCRATS TO HAVE A HIGH VOTER
TURNOUT?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT, ONE, I’VE
NEVER HEARD HER PRAISE ANYONE.
SHE JUST COMPLAINS ABOUT
EVERYBODY.
I WOULD POINT HER TO DAN BALLS
AT "THE WASHINGTON POST," THE
VETERAN REPORTER, WHO DID A DEEP
DIVE ON HISPANIC VOTERS IN
NEVADA, AND THAT’S A SENATE SEAT
THEY’RE LIKELY TO LOSE, IN
NEVADA, BECAUSE OF LATINO
VOTERS.
OF THE I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS
ARE LAUGHING, BUT YOU CAN TELL
ME AT A COMMERCIAL BREAK.
THE OTHER THING IS, LET’S BE
HONEST HERE, THEY’RE DEPARTING
MOSTLY ON ECONOMIC ISSUES.
IF YOU PUSH THE GREEN NEW DEAL,
YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY THEIR
JOBS, TAKE AWAY THEIR
AGRICULTURE, MAKE THEM CALL
THEMSELVES LATINX, THEY’VE
ABANDONED LATINOS ON THAT.
LATINOS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE
MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL.
WHO WAS HURT THE MOST DURING THE
COVID LOCKDOWN?
THE ENTREPRENEURIALS.
YOU CAN’T SHOW UP AND SAY YOU
CAN’T VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE
YOU NEVER.
THAT’S NOT GOING TO WORK WITH
PEOPLE.
THE SCHOOL ISSUE WAS A BIG ONE.
GLEN YOUNGKIN SAID I WILL MAKE
SURE ADVANCED MATH IS TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS, THAT READING IS TAUGHT
AT GRADE LEVEL, BECAUSE PARENTS
WANT THEIR KIDS TO DO VERY WELL.
>> GREG, PART OF WHAT AOC IS
COMPLAINING ABOUT, WHEN THE
PRESIDENT ISSUED THAT PARDON FOR
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN PRISON
FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION, SHE
WANTED IT TO EXTEND TO
UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS.
SHE’S VERY UPSET WITH JOE BIDEN
FOR THAT.
>> OH, BOY.
>> IN THE END, HOW DOES IT PLAY
OUT?
>> I DON’T KNOW, JUDGE.
BUT AS YOU KNOW I IDENTIFY AS
LATINX.
>> WHY?
>> ON CERTAIN ADULT WEBSITES I
DO ANYWAY.
I’M WONDERING WHAT SHE’S DONE
FOR LATINOS.
SHE’S KILLED THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THAT WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY
BENEFITED LATINOS IN HER
DISTRICT.
SHE SAID NOTHING ABOUT CRIME.
I HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING.
ESPECIALLY CRIME AFFECTING
WOMEN.
SHE ACTUALLY SAID -- TO YOUR
POINT, I HATE SAYING THAT -- ALL
SHE DOES IS SAY, YOU, YOU, YOU,
AND YOU GO, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
YOU, AND SHE HAS NOTHING.
I’M READING HER MIND HERE, WHICH
IS HARD TO DO, BUT MAYBE WHAT
SHE’S SAYING IS SHE WANTS
LATINOING TO BE TURNED INTO A
HOMOGENIZED VOTING BLOC THAT
DEMS CAN COUNT ON NO MATTER
WHAT.
THAT’S WHAT IT IS.
SHE’S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY
LATINOS ARE RESISTANT TO BEING
PART OF THE VICTIM CLASS.
THE LEFT HAS SPENT DECADES
TRYING TO GET BLACKS TO BE SEEN
AS AN OPPRESSED GROUP SO THEY
DON’T EVER LEAVE.
I THINK SHE’S WATCHING THE
EXODUS, WATCHING PEOPLE LEAVE,
SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON’T
HAVE A STRONG GRIP ON LATINOS.
HOW DO WE GET THEM TO THINK
WE’RE THEY’RE SAVIOR?
THEY WON’T, BECAUSE THEY’RE
SAVIOR IS RELIGION, FAMILY,
WORKING.
IT’S NOT THE KIND -- IT’S NOT
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS.
I THINK SHE MIGHT BE PERCEPTIVE
ENOUGH TO REALIZE THE
PROGRESSIVE WOKE IDEOLOGY
DOESN’T WORK.
IT’S NOT WORKING ON BLACKS
EITHER.
IF YOU TALK TO BLACKS, THEY’RE,
LIKE, THIS STUFF IS JUST FOR