A Democratic congressman from New York not too long ago blamed progressives for President-elect Trump’s victory this week, arguing that far-left causes really disenchant sure voters.
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., claimed that his social gathering has “alienated historic numbers” of minority voters in an X (former Twitter) publish on Wednesday. Torres, a vocal supporter of Israel, pointed fingers at pro-Palestinian protests as one of many causes – in addition to the motion to defend police.
“Donald Trump has no larger buddy than the far left, which has managed to alienate historic numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and Jews from the Democratic Social gathering with absurdities like ‘Defund the Police’ or ‘From the River to the Sea’ or ‘Latinx,’ Torres wrote.
“There is more to lose than there is to gain politically from pandering to a far left that is more representative of Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok than it is of the real world,” the Democrat added. “The working class is not buying the ivory-towered nonsense that the far left is selling.”
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Torres’ feedback got here within the aftermath of the preliminary 2024 election outcomes, which discovered that Vice President Harris had much less favorability amongst Latino and Hispanic voters than President Biden did in 2020.
In keeping with a Fox Information Voter Evaluation, Biden garnered 63% of Latino help in 2020 whereas Harris solely had 54% this 12 months.
One other Fox Information Voter Evaluation discovered that help for Trump amongst Latino and Hispanic voters jumped from 35% in 2020 to 41% in 2024.
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The shift got here days after the Trump marketing campaign was criticized for internet hosting comic Tony Hinchcliffe at a high-profile Oct. 27 rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. The comic made an inflammatory joke about Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage,” prompting an outcry.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tried to make use of Hinchliffe’s joke as a chance to sway the Latino neighborhood shortly after he uttered the comment.
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“That’s just what they think about you,” the congresswoman mentioned throughout a Twitch stream. “It’s what they think about anyone who makes less money than them. It’s what they think about the people who serve them food in a restaurant. It’s what they think about the people who, who fold their clothes in a store.”