Trump in New Mexico: 'Who do you like more -- the country or Hispanics?'
Source: NBC News
The president made a rally pitch for Hispanic voters in a state he lost by 8 points in 2016: Nobody loves the Hispanics more, he said at a rally Monday night.
Trump: 'We love our Hispanics'
Sept. 16, 2019, 11:36 PM CDT
RIO RANCHO, N.M. ..................................
The president's pitch to Hispanic voters seemed to silo them off from the rest of the electorate, including the rally crowd ("We love our Hispanics" . It featured an assertion that they had a greater understanding of the source of the drug problem than other Americans. And it included a section in which Trump wondered how CNN contributor Steve Cortes could be Hispanic even though, the president said, he appeared to be of Northern European descent.
He happens to be Hispanic, but I never quite figured it out because he looks more like a WASP than I do, Trump said of Cortes, who was in the audience.
From the stage, he asked Cortes: "Who do you like more, the country or Hispanics? Cortes appeared to mouth country, to which Trump replied: I dont know. I may have to go for the Hispanics, to be honest with you. We got a lot of Hispanics.
Trump later said Hispanics should support him and his efforts to build a border wall because they understand the roots of the drug problem better than other voters.
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Nobody loves the Hispanics more, Trump told the crowd. We love our Hispanics, get out and vote.
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Trump's disapproval rating among Hispanics stood at 79 percent in a Pew Research Center poll last month...................................
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-new-mexico-who-do-you-love-more-country-or-n1055176
Well, now Trump is separating Latinos. damn. He is so sick.
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IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)and loves to divide people as if Hispanics aren't American too. What an asshole. There have been Hispanics in the USA long before the Drumpfs ever came here.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)padah513
(2,502 posts)Is it just me? Talk about objectifying.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Who do you like more criminal politicians who are corrupt and work only for themselves, or honest Americans who are politicians who won't sell out the country , sell classified information to other enemy countries, and who won't try to destroy OUR Democracy, and will work for the American people. We have no place in OUR government for racists, liars , and criminals, or treasonous traitors like traitor donnie is.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)of kids in cages.
Living in So. Cal, I don't see this support he lies about.
He is despised!
progree
(10,907 posts)June 16, 2015:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/16/donald-trump-mexico-presidential-speech-latino-hispanic
And then there are quotes about building a Great Wall and all that... even causing a government shutdown on the issue... Hispanic toddlers in cages ... with no soap or clean clothes or diapers or toothpaste and I forget what else
msongs
(67,405 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)NickB79
(19,236 posts)To truly understand how fucked up and offensive this is.
But he's to damn stupid to know that.
lindysalsagal
(20,682 posts)They're very considerate, polite people. It's a totally tasteless statement.
dreamland
(964 posts)The real question is who are the self loathing Hispanics who'll support this dimwit.