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CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
APPROVAL RATING CONTINUES TO
RISE AMONG HISPANICS.
A NEW EMERSON COLLEGE SURVEY
SHOWING 62% OF HISPANIC VOTERS
FEEL THEY ARE BETTER OFF
FINANCIALLY THAN TWO YEARS AGO,
THIS AS HISPANIC UNEMPLOYMENT
HIT A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD LOW.
TO CHRIS GARCIA AND DIRECTOR OF
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER LATINO,
KEN OLIVER MENDEZ.
LET ME START WITH YOU, CHRIS.
AUDIENCE.
THE ONE THING THAT HIT ME THE
MOST.
164,000 MORE HISPANICS ENTERED
THE LABOR FORCE.
250,000 MORE HISPANICS GOT JOBS
4.6% FROM 4.9%, AN ALL-TIME
RECORD FOR ALL THE RIGHT
REASONS.
THIS HAS GOT TO RESONATE WITH
VOTERS, NO, CHRIS?
I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE
CONFIRMING EXACTLY WHAT
AMERICAN VOTERS WHICH INCLUDE
HISPANIC VOTERS WANTED IN A
PRESIDENT ALL ALONG.
WE WANTED A PRESIDENT WHO KEEPS
HIS PROMISES, WHO PUTS
AMERICANS FIRST WHICH INCLUDES
HISPANIC-AMERICANS,
HISPANIC-AMERICANS ARE MORE
CONCERNED AS WE KNOW NOT ABOUT
IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION IS THE
FIFTH MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO
HISPANIC-AMERICANS, IT'S ABOUT
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY.
CHARLES: KEN, HAVING SAID THAT,
WERE YOU SHOCKED AT THIS
EMERSON POLL, IT CAME OUT OF
THE POLL SAID THEY FEEL BETTER
OFF NOW THAN TWO YEARS AGO.
>> YEAH, OF COURSE, CHARLES,
THAT WASN'T NEWS ON UNIVISION
OR TELEMUNDO.
THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE
HARVARD HARRIS POLL, THE
SUPPORT AMONG HISPANIC VOTERS
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING
OF THE ECONOMY AND STIMULATING
JOBS NOW AT 57%.
THE NUMBERS KEEP GOING UP AND
UP.
SUPPORT FOR THE POLICIES VERY
HIGH.
HISPANIC OR LATINO MEDIA THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS, THIS SORT OF -- THE
NARRATIVE FROM THE DEMOCRATS
AND THE SCENES, WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE BORDER DOES, THAT, DO
YOU THINK ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE
THINK OF THAT AND TUGS PEOPLE'S
HEARTS, AND SEEMS IN THE
NON-HISPANIC MEDIA THIS GETS
PLAYED UP A LOT.
WE NEVER HEAR ABOUT THE
>> THIS GOES TO ILLUSTRATE THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE AVERAGE
HISPANIC VOTER IN THE COUNTRY
AND THE AVERAGE HISPANIC VIEWER
IN UNIVISION AND TELEMUNDO AND
WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
NEWS FOR THEM WHEN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF HISPANICS ARE
ALL-TIME LOW OF RECORD HISPANIC
COUSIN GOT A JOB, WE ALSO
LEARNED THAT MAY, WE HAD A
RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS QUIT
JOBS, ALL-TIME RECORD.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE FEEL LIKE I'M
QUITTING THE JOB, I'M GOING TO
HAVE A BETTER PAYING JOB.
WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME AND WE
KNOW, IT'S IRONIC BECAUSE AT
THE DINNER TABLE A LOT OF
FAMILIES SAY HEY, SO AND SO
JUST GOT A NEW JOB BUT I'M
GOING VOTE FOR THE PERSON THAT
DEPRESSED THE ECONOMY ANYWAY.
THAT?
>> FIRST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS TO CONTINUE WITH OUTREACH
TO HISPANIC VOTERS, PERIOD.
CHARLES: YOU SAID CONTINUE, I
DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN
THEM START.
>> THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT
ASSISTANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
JENNIFER
JENNIFE
JENNIFER COREN, YES, IT'S ABOUT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NOT JUST
HISPANIC WORKERS BUT HISPANIC
BUSINESSES.
JUST LAST OCTOBER WE HAD
PRESIDENT TRUMP BE THE FIRST
PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES TO EVER INVITE
MINORITY BUSINESSES TO THE OVAL
OFFICE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ECONOMY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT ACTUALLY TOOK A LOT OF
PLANNING TO DO, BUT THE
PRESIDENT WANTED TO MAKE SURE
HE RECOGNIZED MINORITY BUSINESS
OWNERS, HISPANIC BUSINESS
OWNERS AND SAY FROM ONE
BUSINESS PERSON TO THE NEXT, I
GET HOW HARD IT IS AND I'M
GOING TO MAKE SURE MY POLICIES
HELP YOUR BUSINESS NOT JUST TO
GROW AND SCALE BUT HELP TO
EXPORT TO LATIN AMERICA, HELP
TO BOOST U.S. EXPORTS AND MAKE
SURE YOU ARE HIRING MORE
PEOPLE.
CHARLES: I THINK THE WHITE
HOUSE, PARTICULARLY PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS TAKE AN APPROACH THEY
HAVEN'T SEEN WITH THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN GENERAL,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
INVITATIONS TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
INITIATIVES, INCLUDING PRISON
REFORM THAT RESONATE IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AT LARGE DO THIS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, KEN, FROM
I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTION IN
THE BRONX OF THE YOUNG LADY
OCASIO-CORTEZ, THERE IS
IT FEELS LIKE THE BERNIE
SANDERS SIDE IS THE BENEFICIARY
OF IT SO FAR.
>> WELL, CHARLES, THAT'S A
MARGINAL ELEMENT OF THE
POPULATION AS A WHOLE IN THE
COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE,
BATTLEGROUND STATE LIKE
FLORIDA.
IN THE MIDTERM, YOU HAVE
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT TIED AMONG
HISPANICS IN FLORIDA ABOUT
UNSEATING THE INCUMBENT SENATOR
IN FLORIDA.
THAT'S A REAL BATTLEGROUND AND
WHERE HISPANIC VOTES COUNT IN
HIGH PROPORTIONS.
YOU ARE SEEING THE CHALLENGE
FOR REPUBLICANS IS CONNECTING
THE SUPPORT FOR POLICIES WITH
SUPPORT FOR THE CANDIDATES.
CHARLES: INTERESTING YOU SAY
THAT BECAUSE KARL ROVE
UNDERESTIMATED THE INFLUX OF