Posted on 08/03/2018 1:00:57 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump's public approval numbers have hit 50% among likely voters, according to a new Rasmussen poll, which is good news for midterms. And who should be pushing those ratings to el norte?
No kidding: Hispanic voters.
You know, the ones who are supposed to hate Trump with a passion. After all, doesn't the press dutifully report that Trump is an enemy of illegals, and aren't illegals in the same conventional wisdom simply synonymous with Hispanics, and with Hispanics and illegals all the same thing, isn't it all just proof that Trump is racist?
Here's what the Washington Times, now featured on Drudge, had to say:
Are Hispanics shifting their allegiances to President Trump?
A recent Harvard/Harris poll recorded a 10-point spike in Hispanic support for Mr. Trump. It hasn't received much attention from the mainstream media, which is heavily invested in its portrait of the president as an unrepentant and unpopular "nativist."
Coming in the midst of the nationwide controversy over children and families at the U.S.-Mexico border, it suggests that Hispanics may not be the entrenched liberal voting constituency that Democrats so often imagine.
This makes me say "whoa." Because ever since 2008, when I attended the Democratic Party's convention in Denver as a reporter, I've sat through Democratic caucuses and listened closely to how Democrats have staked large amounts of the party's fortunes and resources on controlling the Hispanic vote, with visions of controlling it permanently
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I’ve met quite a few Hispanic immigrants who are vehement Trump supporters.
It amazes me that the political press is never called out for the obvious racism behind quotes such as this one from an article yesterday on NBCNews.com: “But that’s only if Democrats can get their message to Hispanics and persuade them that their vote can help change policies that impact their lives, in areas such as health policy or immigration.” Why would one presume “immigration” affects the life of a Hispanic voter? “Hey, you look Mexican. Vote for me because I love illegal immigrants like you.”
RASMUSSEN POLL: Trump Approval Ratings Among Black Voters 29%! This Time Last Year: 15%
Rasmussin: LINK
It was very good, and worth seeing.
It’s partisan, of course, a bit much for my taste only because it allows the MSM to discredit it or “factcheck” it.
And all these years the Bush League Republicans have been telling US we had to give away the country with amnesty to get Hispanic votes.
WTF???!!! TRUMP has solidified his Republican support, killed off the #NeverTRUMP movement + HUGE support with Blacks & Hispanics & he is only at 50%???!!!
I've heard that and small wonder. the illegals have tainted the American perception of any Hispanic immigrant.
I sure as heck would not want everyone thinking I was an illegal when I got my citizenship the right way.
This bodes well for the midterms.
I think a lot of the support Trump is lacking is the squishy evangelical Christians. You know, the kind that sound like Joe Besser, “Not so hard!” after one of the President’s particularly piquant tweets.
Many of my fellow churchies won’t support any candidate who supports their agenda unless his name is “Jesus Christ.” Thing is, the Lord is not on the ballot. He uses flawed people to accomplish His purposes in a flawed world. In their zeal to obey Romans 13, the Evangelsquishies rush to either support or turn a blind eye to Clinton, Obama or whoever is fighting to destroy Christianity. I guess since they figure that Paul wrote it during Nero’s reign, then the only leaders God uses are monsters and apostates.
They might as well be playing for the opposition. At least it would be semi-honest of them.
Ok the slightest hint of fatigue at all the winning. :)
Turns out most people would rather have economic opportunities than government handouts. Imagine that!
I think you have it exactly backwards.
My guess is evangelicals are among Trump’s strongest supporters.
I work with 2x former Mexicans who are now US Citizens. You would not believe how pissed off they get about this. Go through a legal port of entry, fill out the paperwork, make your way through the established system and process, learn English. Just like they did. In fact I kind of don’t like the subject to come up because once they get started it’s tough to stop.
I used to work with a Mexican girl whose father used to yell at her for speaking Spanish.
“No, no, NO! You are in America. You are an American now. You MUST speak English!”
That was the attitude of my 9legal) immigrant grandparents.
At home they spoke the mother tongue, but around Americans and out in public, it was English, no matter how difficult it was.
It was both pride and courtesy.
They were in American and Americans, and they didn’t want someone to think they were talking about them behind their backs.
That was class from a bunch of dirt poor peasant farmers.
Of course they do. They want to make America great just like all good people.
Below is a link to a video of a young man speaking in support of President Trump and discussing the President’s poll numbers among Black Americans.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=133195
Great Pic:
Here’s my caption:
Trump: Make America Great Again
Democrats: Make America Prostrate Again
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