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Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump (www.nytimes.com)
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In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November.

Sept. 30, 2026

Jessica Cantu Vuittonet, who runs a coffee shop in San Benito, Texas, cast her first ballot in 2024 — for Donald Trump. Two years later, after her brother was deported, she feels angry and betrayed.

Ariel Salinas, who owns a construction company in McAllen, Texas, can no longer reliably find laborers for his work crews. He blames the president’s immigration policies for his financial headaches.

In more than two dozen interviews across the region in recent weeks, Hispanic voters said they were furious over the president’s approach to immigration and the economy — the very problems they had counted on him to fix.

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[–] 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)

it boggles my mind they thought he was a good idea to begin with.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Propaganda works. They believe the republicans are moral, religious, pro-life, fiscally conservative, anti-socialism, anti-communism, that they’ll cut the taxes of the working class, that peace through strength actually works and that conservatives are tough on geopolitical adversaries and tough on crime. They think Dems are going to turn the nation into a communist country that forces abortions and transitioning and won’t address crime or immigration problems.

    Now there’s a whole slew of issues with these beliefs, but it doesn’t matter, because propaganda works, and it’s been generations of propaganda that’s landed hard with them. They won’t ever trust Dems, but they might not show up to vote, and that will frankly do the job to defeat republicans if they don’t cheat or cancel the elections.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You left out the part where they thought they could trade their latino heritage out to become white adjacent. The same thing happened with the Irish and Italians. Thats where it all came from.

    Foreigners that immigrate believe that classism is the main divide of The US because thats how it is in their country. Ethnicity, religion, and class are the main dividers in countries where everyone looks the same. America was founded on whiteness being the MAJOR social divide and you could trade in your ethnicity if you looked a certain way. Its why if you're Polish no one looks at you funny in the US but in the UK Polish immigrants were part of the propaganda of "Stealing our Jobs" for Brexit. They're finding out the hard way that it doesnt work that way here

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Absolutely, but don’t forget that they were primarily fooled into thinking they had two feet in the door already by being religious and conservative in their religiosity. They figured just saying and believing all the right political points would let them in the in-group and all they had to do was pull up that ladder themselves.

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    • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    I just don't understand how they could possibly believe he'd behave any differently. This is the guy that had Stephen Miller in his first failed administration, FFS.

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    [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Well better late than never I guess.

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    [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Let me move to a new country and use its democracy to destroy the whole place accidentally. Whoops!

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    [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Buried down in the comments, is a reply by the reporter, Jennifer Medina, to a commenter:

    These voters absolutely believed that they were included in Trump's version of America. They thought they could more easily obtain the American dream with Trump in the White House. It's also worth noting that some of this disconnect stems from different information eco-systems. These voters repeatedly heard about Trump's promises of a booming economy and a calm border, two things they wanted desperately. They heard far less -- or not at all -- about specific details about mass deportations and how those might be carried out.

    There must be a Spanish right-wing propaganda ecosystem like Fox News, right-wing radio, and other media circulating down there.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    all from heresay too, im not surprised if one of thier english speaking friends/family just "translated the message to them from faux, or another right wing pundit. right wing-religious groups helping out hispanic immigrants might be another source.

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    [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    If only someone would have warned them beforehand!

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    [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Too many people think they and their friends/family will not be subject to the hatred of a dictator. All they got to do is vote for and support the dictator. Nope, not unless you're filthy rich.

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