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Obama Claims Evangelical Latinos Disregarded Trump’s Racism Due To Their Views On ‘Abortion’ And ‘Gay Marriage’
Former President Obama claimed Wednesday that evangelical Latino voters chose President Trump over Joe Biden because Trump supports their views on abortion and gay marriage. While Trump lost the 2020 election, he gained support among Latino voters based on exit polls and voting data in counties with large Hispanic populations. For example, in the 93 percent of Hispanics in Zapata County in Texas, Trump won by six percentage points, while Hillary Clinton beat the county in 2016 by 33 percentage points. “People were surprised that many Hispanics voted for Trump,” Obama said. on The Breakfast Club podcast. “But there are a lot of Hispanic evangelicals.” Obama continued: “The fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans or … puts undocumented workers in cages, they think that’s less important than [that] supports your views on gay marriage or abortion. ”(The“ cages ”Obama refers to were actually built during his administration, as chain-link enclosures intended to temporarily house illegal immigrants at border facilities Giancarlo Sopo, director of Trump’s rapid response campaign for Spanish media, refuted Obama’s claim. “Our Hispanic advertising and communications focused primarily on economic issues, public safety, Latin America and socialism,” Sopo wrote. in an email to National Review. “We never ran a single ad that even mentioned same-sex marriage, and although our surrogates addressed abortion in media appearances, our only publicity on the subject was limited to a modest radio purchase in Nuevo Mexico. “According to Sopo, who participated in the production of campaign ads in Spanish, the campaign emphasized different themes to reach various Latino groups.” In states like Texas and Arizona, where Latinos are predominantly Mexican-American, the President’s strong border policies and measures to combat poverty were very popular, “said Sopo.” Meanwhile, law and order were a priority for voters in areas with large Puerto Rican communities, such as Orlando and Philadelphia. “Meanwhile, Cuban and Venezuelan Americans have cited the” socialist “leanings of some progressive Democrats to explain their support. Trump. Trump supported abortion rights before the 2016 campaign, but he leaned toward the pro-life movement and has sought support from pro-life organizations. The Trump campaign did not speak about marriage rights during the election. Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Missouri), criticized Obama’s comments as “condescending.”> Oh yeah, those evangelical Hispanics als. So backwards. Holding on to his guns and religion, you might say. Barack Obama is still the liberal America’s Most Patronizing Corporate https://t.co/IqUdbx5FB7 >> – Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 25, 2020 “Oh yeah, those Hispanic evangelicals. So backwards. Holding on to his guns and religion, you could say, “Hawley wrote on Twitter.” Barack Obama remains America’s most condescending corporate liberal.
