Senator-elect Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) mentioned Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democrats are likely to “encompass ourselves with individuals that can affirm what we already consider.”
Host Jake Tapper mentioned, “Let’s speak about clearly that’s a the place that’s a spot that you simply did nicely. It’s you understand Donald Trump didn’t win the Latino vote, however he did higher than any Republican presidential candidate in historical past. Based on CNN’s exit ballot, 55% of Latino males voted for him. That’s a 19-point swing from 4 years in the past. You say that Democrats have to ‘Go contact grass and meet actual Latinos.’ What do you imply by that?”
Gallego mentioned, “I believe Democrats, loads of instances, encompass ourselves with individuals that can affirm what we already consider, or individuals from our identical backgrounds, proper? And so you could have loads of Ivy League candidates that rent Ivy League Latinos that don’t really come from a working class background. Most Latinos are literally working class and typically we don’t need to hear what they’re saying.”
He added, “I had the good thing about rising up, you understand, in a working-class household. My mother was a secretary, and my father was a carpenter. I grew up, you understand, nonetheless, even in my complete household working class, I even have an enormous Latino household, too. So I even have a extremely good, you understand, pulse on what’s occurring there. We don’t need to hear the dangerous information. I believe loads of instances, you understand, we knew that one thing was dangerous with the Latino neighborhood relating to their opinion of the economic system as a result of I’m very a lot linked to it. I believe loads of politicians didn’t need to hear what was really occurring on the market.”
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