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Gina Hinojosa: Latino voters backed Trump because he said the system was corrupt

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Gina Hinojosa says some Latino voters supported Donald Trump because his anti-establishment message portrayed the political system as corrupt.
  • She argues Democrats should focus on everyday concerns such as living costs, housing and public education, while rejecting efforts to treat Latino voters as a separate group.
  • Hinojosa also calls for body cameras and vehicle cameras during immigration operations, as a poll puts Greg Abbott 1.1 percentage points ahead.

Gina Hinojosa believes Donald Trump’s message that “the system is corrupt” helped him win support among some Latino voters. The Democratic candidate for Texas governor says Democrats must offer a sharper response to the problems voters face every day, including the cost of living, housing and public education.

Right now, I think the reason Latinos voted for Trump is because he said: ‘The system is corrupt. I want to blow it up.’

· Gina HinojosaHinojosa explains why she believes some Latino voters supported Donald Trump.

She says many working people feel the system operates against them, a perception she also sees inside the Texas Legislature. Her campaign is targeting Latino voters in Spanish, but Hinojosa says Democrats should not approach them as though they were a separate electorate. “We are just as Texan and American as anyone else,” she told Reuters.

Immigration is another point of confrontation with Republican Governor Greg Abbott. Hinojosa criticized the lack of oversight she says accompanies Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and called for greater accountability. “Our state police have to use body cameras. They also have to have cameras in their vehicles so there is some form of accountability,” she said.

We are just as Texan and American as anyone else.

· Gina HinojosaShe argues Democrats should not treat Latino voters as a separate group.

Hinojosa accused Abbott of turning immigration into a political performance rather than treating it as a public-policy issue. “He uses immigration as political theater instead of as a public-policy issue that needs to be addressed,” she said.

Our state police have to use body cameras. They also have to have cameras in their vehicles so there is some form of accountability.

· Gina HinojosaShe calls for oversight during immigration operations.

Abbott is seeking a fourth term with Trump’s backing, broad recognition among voters and an extensive political network built during his 12 years as governor. A survey by Overton Insights and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, conducted from Aug. 24 to 26 among 1,167 likely voters, gave Abbott 46.9% support and Hinojosa 45.8%, a gap of 1.1 percentage points. Reuters says Texas has about 6.5 million eligible Latino voters, roughly 1 million more than before Abbott’s last reelection.

He uses immigration as political theater instead of as a public-policy issue that needs to be addressed.

· Gina HinojosaShe criticizes Greg Abbott’s approach to immigration.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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