DESERVE FOR ACTING ON THEIR VALUES AND ACTUALLY ENGAGING THE
BASE AND VOTERS OF COLOR, WHICH
ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO TAKE
BACK THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT
MAYOR PETE BECAUSE WE HAVE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIS SUPPORT
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR HIS
LACK OF SUPPORT AMONG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS. BUT HE ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE A
LATINO CHALLENGE.
LATINO CHALLENGE. THERE WAS A PIECE IN "NBC
THINK."
THINK." IT SAYS AS FOR THE BUTTIGIEG
LATINO POLICY PLAN, IT FELT TO
MANY LATINOS LIKE JUST ANOTHER.
CANDIDATE LIKE SANDERS HAVE MADE
WINNING NEW LATINO SUPPORT AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR OVERALL
PRIMARY STRATEGY.
PRIMARY STRATEGY. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR
ELIZABETH WARREN.
ELIZABETH WARREN. WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT
PRIMARIES SUCH AS NEVADA,
CALIFORNIA, AND EVEN PUERTO RICO
ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS STATES
LIKE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE’S GOT A PLAN, EVERYBODY SEEMS
TO HAVE A PLAN.
IS THAT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY
SUPPORT THE ELECTORATE?
>> I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A PLAN THAT DEALS DIRECTLY WITH
THE ISSUES AND A TRACK RECORD TO
MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOU
JUST DIDN’T GO AND MAKE A PLAN
UP IN THE BACK ROOM WHEN YOU
DECIDED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU?
AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS PLAN IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU IN FACT HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED TO ALL OF YOUR
LIFE, OR AT LEAST YOUR POLITICAL
LIFE?
LIFE? I THINK THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
AND I THINK THAT ADVOCATES IN
THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THESE
ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME KNOW WHO
HAS BEEN THERE, WHO HAS NOT BEEN
THERE.
THERE. AND THAT IS WHY THEY PUT THEIR
FEET TO THE FIRE.
THAT’S THEIR JOB TO PUT THEIR
FEET TO THE FIRE.
>> RON, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS
ENJOYED SUPPORT FROM LATINO
VOTERS, SPECIFICALLY FROM OLDER
LATINO VOTERS.
LATINO VOTERS. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER
TO ENGAGE THE YOUNGER ELEMENT OF
THIS VOTE?
THIS VOTE? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LATINO
VOTE, YOU ARE IN ACTUALITY
TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH VOTE.
>> YEAH, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO KEEP ON WORKING
HARDER TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT
THERE AND TO ENGAGE THESE
VOTERS.
VOTERS. AS WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT
RECENTLY IN NEVADA, WE MET WITH
A LOT OF THE LATINO VOTERS AND
IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL.
WE NEED TO GET ACROSS OUR
HUNDRED-DAY PLAN THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT RELEASED EARLY LAST
WEEK.
WEEK. AND HIS HIS RECORD FOR FIGHTING
FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
FOR BOTH THE BLACK AND THE BROWN
COMMUNITY AND ALL PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
COLOR. I AGREE WITH THE REVEREND.
IT’S BOTH ABOUT YOUR PLAN AND
YOUR RECORD.
YOUR RECORD. AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
BOTH.
BOTH. THAT’S WHY I THINK AS YOU LOOK
AT THE POLLS, HE IS THE ONE
CANDIDATE THAT’S DOING WELL IN
ALL FOUR OF THE EARLY STATES,
NOT JUST IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE,
BUT ALSO NEVADA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. I THINK OUR NOMINEE MAGAZINEHAS
THAT THEY CAN DO WELL IN ALL
FOUR OF THOSE STATES THAT
REPRESENT THE FULL DIVERSITY OF
OUR PARTY.
OUR PARTY. AND RIGHT NOW I THINK VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS RUNNING
STRONG ACROSS ALL OF THOSE FOUR
STATES.
STATES. >> YOU ALSO SEE BERNIE SANDERS
BECAUSE IT IS A VERY YOUNG
VOTING BLOC AND THERE IS AN
APPEAL TO YOUNGER VOTERS THAT
SANDERS IS ABLE TO MAKE.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND HE GOT THE COVETED
ENDORSEMENT FROM ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ AT A TIME WHEN HIS
CAMPAIGN WAS SORT OF STRUGGLING
OR STUMBLING.
OR STUMBLING. AND THAT REVIVED NOT JUST HIS
STANDING OVERALL BUT ESPECIALLY
WITH YOUNGER LATINO VOTERS.
SHE IS DO KEYNOTE EVENTS IN
SPANISH.
SPANISH. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE
WITH OTHER 2020 DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGNS.
CAMPAIGNS. AND, OH, WE HAD A SPANISH
LANGUAGE PUT OUT WHEN WE
LAUNCHED OR WE HAD OUR WEBSITE
TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.
THAT’S NOT THE SAME AS HAVING A
REPRESENTATIVE THERE WITH YOU
WHO CAN VOUCH FOR YOU AND SPEAK
THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THESE
VOTERS WHO ARE THERE TO FIGURE
OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO
SUPPORT YOU.
SUPPORT YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT
THE 201 MIDTERMS AS A BIG SORT
OF PLAYBOOK FOR DEMOCRATS.
BUT IN 2018 DURING THE MIDTERMS,
49% OF LATINOS WERE NOT
CONTACTED BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY
OR ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
YET, 79% OF THEM STILL WENT OUT
TO VOTE.
TO VOTE. SO I DON’T THINK DEMOCRATS CAN
JUST HOPE THAT THEY WILL TURN
OUT TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION LIKE
THIS IF THEY ARE FEELING IGNORED
FROM THE VERY START WHILE IOWA
IS HAPPENING, NEW HAMPSHIRE IS
HAPPENING AND THEY ARE WAITING
TO SEE WHAT CANDIDATES WILL DO
AND SAY TO THEM.
>> ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN IS ACTIVELY GOING AFTER
THESE VOTERS.
THESE VOTERS. THERE WAS A POINT IN THE CYCLE
WHERE THEY HAD AIRED MORE
SPANISH LANGUAGE ADS THAN ALL OF
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
COMBINED.
COMBINED. AND THEY’RE NOT JUST GOING AFTER
LATINO VOTERS IN FLORIDA OR IN
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. THEY’RE GOING AFTER LATINO
VOTERS IN STATES LIKE
PENNSYLVANIA, MINNESOTA.
PENNSYLVANIA, MINNESOTA. WHERE DOES THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
HAVE ROOM TO PEEL OFF DEMOCRATIC
SUPPORT?
SUPPORT? >> LOOK, AS YOU WERE SAYING,
ALICIA, MANY OF THESE CANDIDATES
HAVE CREATED A PLAN, AND THAT IS
GREAT, IT’S ENCOURAGING, AND
MANY OF THESE PLANS ARE MORE IN
DEPTH THAN WE’VE SEEN PREVIOUS
CANDIDATES IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION, SAYING IMMIGRATION
REFORM IS NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT?
WE WANT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT’S YOUR PLAN?
BUT BEYOND PLANS, WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT 47% OF LATINOS IN
THIS COUNTRY ARE ELIGIBLE TO
VOTE AND NOT REGISTERED.
SO BEYOND PLANS, IT’S SO
IMPORTANT THAT CAMPAIGNS ARE
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT
JUST IN THESE EARLY STATE BUT IN
STATES LIKE TEXAS WHERE ALMOST
HALF THE ELECTORATE IS NOT
REGISTERED TO VOTE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE CAMPAIGNS
WHO ARE DOING THE BEST WITH
OUTREACH ARE CREATING
INFRASTRUCTURES AND ENTRY POINTS
FOR LATINO VOTERS TO ENGAGE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE OF IT,
BUT THERE IS ALSO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE
AN ARGUMENT TO LATINO VOTERS
ABOUT WHY THEY SHOULD CONSIDER
VOTING FOR TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT
GAVE A SPEECH RECENTLY AT
TURNING POINT.
TURNING POINT. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE, WE ARE FACING DOWN
THE EVIL FORCES OF COMMUNISM AND
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. I’VE TAKEN HISTORIC ACTIONS TO
CONFRONT THE BRUTAL REGIMES IN
CUBA, VENEZUELA, AND NICARAGUA,
AND WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF
THOSE NATIONS AND THEIR
RIGHTEOUS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
TO THOSE WHO WERE TRYING TO
IMPOSE THE HORRORS OF SOCIALISM
ON OUR COUNTRY, I SAY TO YOU
AGAIN TONIGHT AMERICA WILL NEVER
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
>> MAYRA, CUBA, VENEZUELA,
NICARAGUA, I HEAR THAT AND I
THINK THAT IS A PLAY FOR FLORIDA
LATINO VOTERS.
LATINO VOTERS. YOU HAVE WORKED IN THE SUNSHINE
STATE.
STATE. IS SOCIALISM THE BOOGEYMAN THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS IT TO BE
IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY?
>> IF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
DON’T ADDRESS IT, THEN YES.
AND PART OF IT IS THAT TRUMP
DOESN’T NEED TO CONVINCE THESE
VOTERS TO VOTE FOR HIM.
HE JUST HAS TO SAY ENOUGH, HE
JUST HAS TO MAKE LATINO VOTERS
BELIEVE THAT THEIR TRAUMAS IN
THEIR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THESE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. WE’VE SEEN THAT SOME DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE
ADDRESSING IT HEAD ON.
AND, AGAIN, LIKE, HE DOESN’T
NEED TO PERSUADE THESE VOTERS.
HE JUST NEEDS TO CONVINCE THEM
THAT DEMOCRATS DON’T CARE AND
THEN THEY DON’T TURN OUT TO
VOTE.
VOTE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ADDRESSING THIS HEAD ON AND
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE TRAUMAS
AND PAINS OF PEOPLE COMING FROM
LATIN AMERICA UNDER CORRUPT
GOVERNMENTS ARE REAL, AND MAKING
DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THAT AND
OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS HERE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. >> RON, THERE ARE DEMOGRAPHICS,
THERE IS FUNDRAISING, AND THEN
THERE ARE POLICIES AND IDEAS.
BRET STEPHENS MAKING THE
ARGUMENT THAT DEMOCRATS JUST
NEED MODEST IDEAS.
WHAT WOULD WORK?
SMART INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING?
NEW TAXES ON CARBON OFFSET BY
TAX CUTS ON INCOME AND SAVING?
MODEST INCREASES ON TAXES ON THE
WEALTHY?
WEALTHY? MATCH TO THE PROMISE OF A
BALANCED BUDGET.
BALANCED BUDGET. WHAT THESE PROPOSALS LACK IN
PROGRESSIVE AMBITION, THEY MAKE
UP IN POLITICAL PLAUSIBILITY AND
THE INHERENT APPEAL OF MODESTY.
HE IS RUNNING AGAINST THE CRAZY
LEFT.
LEFT. WHEN YOUR GOAL IS TO WASH YOUR
HANDS OF SOMETHING BAD, YOU
DON’T NEED A SWORD, SOAP WILL
DO.
DO. RON, DO YOU AGREE?
>> UH, NO, I DON’T.
I THINK WE NEED MORE THAN SOAP.
WE NEED A REAL THOROUGH
CLEANSING HERE.
CLEANSING HERE. AND THAT INCLUDES EVERY DEMOCRAT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HAS TO
EXPLAIN HOW THEY WILL BEAT
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE NO BOLD IDEA WILL BECOME
A REALITY UNLESS DONALD TRUMP IS
DEFEATED.
DEFEATED. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY STEP ONE.
BUT IT DOESN’T STOP THERE.
FOR THE REASONS THAT MAYRA HAS
SAID AND REVEREND AL HAS SAID,
WE NEED TO INSPIRE OUR VOTERS
AND GET THEM OUT.
ONCE YOU GET TRUMP OUT, WHAT YOU
WILL DO ONCE YOU GET IN, CAN YOU
BRING IN DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN
THE BALLOT TO HELP YOU PASS
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES?
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES? DO YOU HAVE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS ON
HEALTH CARE, ON IMMIGRATION, ON
CLIMATE CHANGE, ON THE WHOLE RAY
OF ISSUES DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT?
AND SO I THINK OUR CANDIDATES ON
THE STUMP NEED TO DO BODE THESET
THINGS, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T REALLY
CHANGE THIS COUNTRY UNLESS YOU
GET RID OF DONALD TRUMP, AND
HAVE THE BOLD IDEAS TO EXECUTE.