Democratic Arizona Sen.-elect Ruben Gallego said on CNN Sunday that his party is ignoring Latino voters, saying “Ivy League” candidates have “no connection” to the Latino working class. He criticized the lack of “.”
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, election exit polls showed Republican candidates gaining significant support among key Democratic voters, including Hispanics and black men. On “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper asked the newly elected Arizona senator about the Republican Party’s trends among Hispanics, and Gallego previously said Democrats should “touch grass and meet real Latinos.”
“I think Democrats often surround themselves with people who affirm what we already believe, people who come from similar backgrounds, right? There are a lot of Ivy League candidates who hire Ivy League Latinos who don’t come from class backgrounds, and most Latinos are actually working class,” Gallego said. “Sometimes I don’t want to hear what they have to say.”
“I had the benefit of growing up in a working-class family…I’m actually very aware of what’s going on there. We don’t want to hear bad news. We don’t want to hear bad news. I think I was very aware that there was something wrong with the Latino community when it came to their opinions on the economy, because I’m very connected to the Latino community. I don’t think they wanted to hear what was going on,” Gallego added.
Gallego went on to explain how his campaign in red states was successful because he understood that Latino voters care about both the economy and the border, and he spoke to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. pointed out that they did not want to listen to this group’s opinions. (Related: President Trump tackles ‘largest deportation program’ with ‘no price tag’)
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“The reason we were successful was because we heard about it and worked on it early. My first campaign commercial was in Spanish about the economy and borders; It was about immigration and tightening border security. I wanted to ask DC what was going on there because I had heard about it before. It goes against what we’ve learned in the past. I think there are many people who didn’t.”
Data from Reuters exit poll The results showed that while Trump did not lead overall among Latino or Black voters compared to Vice President Kamala Harris, he gained 14 points among Hispanic voters and 1 point among Black voters nationally. are. Specifically, Trump gained significant support among these men, once a key voting bloc for Democrats, including 21% among black men (up 2 points from the 2020 election) and among Hispanic men. 55% (up 19 points from the 2020 election).
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