The Democrats' Hispanic Voter Problem: It's Not As Bad As You Think--It's Worse

[jcmaine72]

25. I'm not surprised by this.

As I believe I've mentioned here before, I have a RW Latino co-worker who blames every crime committed in this nation on "libruls" and their alleged soft-on-crime-policies. He's walking crime blotter. Every day he takes delight in the telling of harrowing true crime tales from blue cities/states exclusively (As if crime never occurs in red states/cities). The so-called "smash and grab" crimes committed in states like California are a particular favorite of his now, as are the crimes committed by people released under our state's bail reform legislation.

Policies like Bail Reform and "Raise The Age" have benefited many poor, underprivileged Latinos who otherwise would not have gotten a fair shake in our criminal justice system, but he doesn't see things that way. However, I just ignore him for the most part. I learned long ago you can't reason with a RW a-hole, no matter what their race/ethnicity.

There's also this creepy ex-army guy that lives on my block who is also Latino. He flies an American flag outside his front door and used to have pro-Trump signs prominently featured on his lawn, and without a hint of irony, I might add. I don't know this person very well (only by sight, actually) but another neighbor told me last year that he was hoping someone would "mess with his Trump signs" so that "he could hurt them". Yep, sounds exactly like the quintessential Scump supporter to me.

As someone mentioned upthread, Latinos are not a monolith. I honestly don't know what anyone, Latino or not, could ever possibly see in the ReThug party, but it's definitely not something we're going to overcome with a one-size-fits-all approach, that's for sure.