Trump delivers 'false choice' for Latinos between country, racial identity: Experts.
President Donald Trump sought to woo Latino voters during a campaign swing through New Mexico Monday evening, touting his electoral appeal with that key voting demographic in the 2020 presidential election, while invoking language that sparked criticism for drawing divisions between nationality and ethnicity.
One Republican political consultant and outspoken Trump critic, Mike Madrid, called the remarks"troubling," since Trump made"a caricature of what a Hispanic 'looks like'" and drew"a distinction between Hispanics and true Americans." Re: the President's comments to me last night at the rally — awkward phrasing but he was merely trying to point out that I love this country AND Hispanics a whole lot, joking that he can't tell which I love more. Critics should stop imputing malice where there is none.
Trump's comments resonate with a sharply narrow audience -- even as he gears up for a tough re-election fight against a Democratic field eager to take his place -- political experts said. "It's an anti-immigrant, anti-Latino message, implying that folks who are Latino are not as loyal or are not as loyal or not as proud to be Americans as white people," she continued.
Matt Barreto, a political science professor at UCLA and the co-founder of Latino Decisions, sees Trump's comments as being predicated on an effort to evoke"racial anxiety" solely among his white supporters. He also told ABC News that he thinks the Trump campaign's strategy could still be politically effective for a very specific Latino sect.
Trump began his presidential bid in 2015 by accusing Mexico of sending"rapists" across the border, he attacked an Indiana-born judge as being"biased" in a lawsuit against the president because he was"Mexican," and he closed out the 2018 midterm elections by stoking fear of a"caravan" of migrants on the stump.
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