Former President Obama on Wednesday claimed that evangelical Latino voters chose President Trump over Democrat Joe Biden because Trump backs their views on abortion and gay marriage.
“People were surprised about a lot of Hispanic folks who voted for Trump,” Obama said during a radio interview on “The Breakfast Club” Wednesday morning while promoting his latest memoir, ‘A Promised Land.’
“But there’s a lot of evangelical Hispanics who, you know, the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans, or puts detainees undocumented workers in cages, they think that’s less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion.”
The term “cages” refers to fences in detention centers that separated migrants, often by age and sex. Those facilities in places like Arizona and Texas were built during the Obama administration as part of its effort to curb a growing crisis at the border.
During the October presidential debate, Trump asked Biden “who built the cages,” as images of the detention center were placing blame on the Trump Administration for a controversy that began from prior administration in 2014.
On Hispanic voter turnout, in the 2020 presidential election despite Trump not considered the winner, Latinos in states like Texas and Florida overwhelmingly voted for the president over Biden. In Florida, nearly half of Latino voters cast ballots for President Trump where they unseated two Florida Democratic congress members — Reps. Donna Shalala and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who represented districts in Miami.
In Texas’s Rio Grand Valley, Trump flipped Zapata County, one of the bluest counties along the river with 52.5 percent of the vote.
And in New York City, a heavily Democratic area in the state of New York, Trump received his largest gains in the Democratic stronghold of Latino voters in the South Bronx, a predominantly low-income area, then he did in 2016, according to in-person voting data compiled by CUNY’s Center for Urban Research. In the Bronx neighborhoods of Melrose, Mott Haven, and Hunts Point, the president’s tally so far this year—4,166, more than the 3,157 enrolled Republicans in the district. Overall turnout in the district this year was up by roughly 650 voters.
Trump carried some 30 percent of Latino voters statewide in 2020 and surpassed his 2016 total by 76,612 as a result of better showings in most of the Bronx and Brooklyn as well as all of Queens and Staten Island.
Trump campaign’s director of rapid response for Spanish media Giancarlo Sopo disputed Obama’s Trump Hispanic supports claim.
“Our Hispanic advertising and communications largely focused on economic issues, public safety, Latin America, and socialism,” Sopo said in a statement. “We never ran a single ad that even mentioned gay marriage, and while our surrogates did address abortion in media appearances, our only advertising on the topic was limited to a modest radio buy in New Mexico. 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.”
“Meanwhile, law and order was a top priority for voters in areas with large Puerto Rican communities, such as Orlando and Philadelphia,” Sopo added.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), criticized Obama’s comments as “condescending.”
“Ah yes, those Hispanic evangelicals. So backwards. Clinging to their guns and religion, you might say,” Hawley tweeted. “Barack Obama still the most condescending corporate liberal in America.”
Ah yes, those Hispanic evangelicals. So backwards. Clinging to their guns and religion, you might say. Barack Obama still the most condescending corporate liberal in America https://t.co/IqUdbx5FB7
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) November 25, 2020
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference gave a harsh response to Obama’s comment.
“I’ll tell you what I’m not thankful for this Thanksgiving: the ever-escalating close-mindedness of the Democrat Party. President Obama, whom I admire, is apparently angry because Hispanic Americans have minds of their own. As I have said at every opportunity, we are not – and will not be – beholden to the elephant or the donkey,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “A much more useful exercise for President Obama would have been to lead the Democrat Party to some humble self-reflection rather than further down the fundamentalist path of the leftist politics of exclusion. Bigotry is still bigotry even if it comes from President Obama.”
“The question is whether the party of Biden is any different, or whether demands for conformity are being cleverly disguised under the guise of national unity,” Rodriguez added.
Trump, in fact, is actually the first president who openly supported gay marriage, and is considered the most gay-friendly nominee in the history of the GOP.
Unlike Obama who has shifted his stance on this issue, he was in favor of same-sex marriage before he was against it — and before he was for it again. In 1996, as he ran for Illinois state Senate, Obama wrote on the 1996 questionnaire, “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.”
When Obama sought a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, he told the Windy City Times, “I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily just as a strategic issue. I think that marriage, in the minds of a lot of voters, has a religious connotation.” In his 2006 memoir, ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ he offered a religious explanation for his definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
In August 2008, he told Southern California megachurch Pastor Rick Warren his definition of marriage: “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix,” but added, “I am not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage, but I do believe in civil unions.” Months later in November 2008, Obama said, “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.”
On the issue of gay marriage, Hispanic voters specifically didn’t consider this one of the top ten priorities going into Election Day. According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted July 27 to Aug. 2, Hispanic registered voters say the economy, health care, and coronavirus pandemic are very important to their vote in the 2020 presidential election. When it comes to the issue of immigration, 83 percent of Hispanics say it is very or somewhat important for the US to find a way for most immigrants to stay in the country legally, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Yvette
November 26, 2020First thing Obama, Trump never said any thing racist about Hispanics, And another thing, Obama built those cages!
C.W. LAUDERDALE
November 26, 2020Special Thanks to Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, President Trump, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden: Want to thank each of you for the roles you have played in pulling the covers back on the real state of American government at every level and reinforcing what I have been trying to tell Americans for over 30 years. Joe, one final thought. Never thought I would say this but you have proven that crime pays! Remember that drug case in 1977 when we caught you, little Jimmy Carter, Billy Clinton, and so many others up to your necks in that drug/money laundering case?
Soldier/Cop/Grunt, Retired
Rape, Pillage, Plunder; America, You’ve Been Had!
In light of all the activities/actions of the left, the establishment, the globalists, the progressives, etc., have done/are doing to reverse all that D.J. Trump has accomplished in less than four years can you guess which of the lessons learned (see below) were first presented to the public in 1989 (after serving 26 years as a soldier and in my third year as an American community’s police chief) and which have been drafted since Donald Trump became President?
A Soldier/Cop’s Lessons Learned
* Soldiers (at least ground combat soldiers that is) do not fight first and foremost for their country, the flag, motherhood, the girl back home, nor apple pie (and never have since WWII in that not one military engagement has been conducted with its primary objective being to protect the American people). Before all else, soldiers engaged in ground combat fight for their fellow soldiers and their unit.
* Commencing with the onset of WWII the primary force/interest driving all military strategies/tactics/procurements/policies have been those of the so-called military/industrial complex.
* The Seven C’s of Leadership according to a survey of 1646 Vietnam era ground combat veterans listed of the order of their importance are; Candor, Competence, Consistency, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, and Courtesy. The reason the soldiers in the survey chose the word “candor” is because to them candor encompasses both omission and co-mission. To a combat soldier lack of absolute candor, be it co-mission or omission, are equal sins! In short, soldiers expect/demand absolute candor from their leaders before all else. Note: I have observed during my career in government service that democrats are masters of co-mission while republicans are masters of omission!
* The American people are the most effectively lied to people in modern times thanks primarily to the American political class, the American bureaucracy, the American media, and American academia.
* Arrogance coupled with ignorance equals stupidity.
* The greatest threats to the American people are the corrupt and/or incompetent politicians/bureaucrats/academicians found at every level of government/academia, and the majority of the American so-called media.
* Most of the politicians/bureaucrats/academicians I have encountered during my years as a soldier/cop I most kindly refer to as; self-serving, witless, cowards.
* The American Profession of Arms and our brothers/sisters in blue have failed to protect the American people from all of their enemies, both foreign and most especially domestic.
* There are only two primary requirements to be a career soldier and/or cop in America. One must be smart enough to do the work and dumb enough to take the job.
* American soldiers and police officers must in addition to mastering all of their professionally mandated tasks, learn to accomplish the same with at least one arm tied behind their backs and their vision impaired 50% or more.
* After carefully watching the whole of the political class since 1960 (the year I joined the U.S. Army), I can say without reservation that most of the group will sell their souls and our bodies just to remain in power.
* Want to see what the United States of America will look like if the left takes control of the government? Take your pick, New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or the complete packages; California, New York, Illinois, and/or most anywhere democrats are in charge.
* If the so-called ‘progressive movement’ continues unchecked a number of able veterans are going to be presented with a challenge/decision. “Are the American people worth another drop of our sweat, much less our blood?”
The truth is that none of the lessons learned presented above were penned after D.J. Trump arrived on the American political stage. However, several were modified/updated in light of recent events/activities. In closing, I must admit that several lessons learned were dropped from the 1989 submission in that my oath of office as both a soldier and a cop charged me to serve and protect my fellow Americans, not to aggravate and/or scare them!
Soldier/Cop/Grunt, Retired
Marina
November 26, 2020He thinks big Mike should have special privileges; BO built the cages he place many hispanics and Mexicans in them, he deported 3 million working hispanics and replaced them with muslims in Minnesota to be on welfare upon arrival, he is the most corrupt president in USA history just as the third world socialists countries.
Checker1
November 25, 2020WHY???,..DOES HE NEED TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL INFERIOR TO HIM OR IS IT HIS EGO SHOWING THROUGH??……….OR BOTH??
Ed Lord
November 25, 2020What an incredible LIAR! His Administration built those “cages” in 2014 and put children into them. Why the hell do we need to listen to his lies?
Ruben D Plaza
November 25, 2020Lier in ex-Chief? Absolutely! You’re the one who built the cages! I’m Hispanic, but I’m not evangelical, and proudly voted twice for my President Donald J. Trump! We don’t believe in your Community Organizer speeches! Go home, stay home! Time to shut up and let someone else do the job you miserably failed to do!
Dee Stanley
November 25, 2020Obama needs to crawl back under his rock and shut the Hell Up.
Nancy Pelletier
November 25, 2020It’s none of Obamas business who she voted for. Voting is a personal choice and he had no right to call her out.The left has it’s nose stuck in everyones business and they are the ones causing the anger and hate in this country.Obama had his shot and he screwed up royally. More and more info is coming out on him and it’s not pretty but of course the press and the swamp are trying to cover for him.
Gerald S Ladd
November 25, 2020This ids for the moderator. Suck the snotty end of my cock.
Gerald S Ladd
November 25, 2020LOL…the worthless coon takes shots at everyone. He’s messaging his ego. No one else will
greta
November 25, 2020It’s past time for that illegal man t
It’s past time for the illegal man to keep his thoughts to himself.
He is non-essential to this country he tried to ruin.