Reply to If Trump wins the general, who will liberals blame?

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "If Trump wins the general, who will liberals blame?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
I think Latino support is probably more than some expect. My DIL is Hispanic and she is planning on voting for Trump as are some of her friends who are also Hispanic. I think the divide is among those who came here legally - and are not activists - where support for Trump is more marked.[/quote]

Did you ask your DIL and your Hispanic friends how they feel about Trump now that he accused a judge of being biased because his parents are Mexican?[/quote]

First,as a point of clarification I said it is my DIL's Hispanic friends who plan on voting for Trump.

To respond to your question: we talk politics often and her response to Trump's accusation about the judge is nuanced. She agrees with Trump that it is possible that most Hispanics may be impacted in how they feel about Trump because of his positions on illegal immigration. However, she says that she does not know if Curiel would allow his personal feelings to affect his jurisprudence.

FWIW, she and her friends feel that Obama and the Democrats have used the issue of illegal immigration as a wedge issue to alienate Hispanics from the Republicans. She says that if it really had been a priority for Obama, he could have passed comprehensive immigration reform in the first two years of his initial term when he had control of the House and an almost filibuster proof majority in the Senate. But if they had done that, it would have been a non-issue in 2012 and 2016 and the dominance that Democrats have with the Hispanic vote would have dissipated.

Also, lest anyone think that she is one of the "uneducated" who support Trump, she has a PhD and is well employed.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics