Hispanic voters tackle key issues
'Fox & Friends Weekend' co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy sits down with Hispanic voters from Texas to hear their thoughts on top issues.
Talks of November's midterms plague the political realm as President Joe Biden's poll numbers continue to slip among key demographics – including Latinos and young Americans.
While the partisan blame for an escalating border crisis, soaring inflation and a siege against family values raged on, "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy sat down with members of one key demographic coined the "sleeping giant in the room," whose turnout at the polls this November could make or break either party's wishes.
Abraham Enriquez, one voter featured in the panel, stressed the role inflation could play in Hispanic voters' decisions this November.
"Inflation is real time. We see it, we feel it, and it's something that's going to draw a lot of Hispanics to the voting booth," he said.
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"We won't be able to reach that American dream that I moved here for at nineteen," another voter, Carolina del Calvo, added.
The discussion stems from a recent Quinnipiac poll which found a startling 50 percent of Hispanic voters disapprove of President Biden's job, the highest dissatisfaction among all ethnic demographics.
October 10, 2020 - Orlando, Florida, United States - People hold placards after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addressed supporters at a Latinos for Trump campaign rally at Central Christian University on October 10, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Among the panel, former educator Tina Aviles stressed the need to get back to the fundamentals of classroom instruction and forego gender identity rhetoric that sparks controversy around the U.S.
"The move in the direction of what we are teaching children [concerns me]. We have to get back to being focused on actual education items," she said. When asked if she is concerned by Critical Race Theory and gender politics plaguing curriculum, Aviles answered with a definitive "absolutely."
Panelist Gerson Hernandez stressed another key issue – the border crisis – saying, "people are flooding our border. That puts a bunch of individuals at risk of being at the hands of the cartel."
Adding to Hernandez's discussion on the border issue, panelist Aaron Rocha slammed a common claim made about illegal immigrants:
"It's not parents sending their kids over here to give them a better life," he said, "It's kids being kidnaped and being used by the cartel to get over here. They are the worst type of people."
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Duffy went on to ask the group a series of questions comparing former President Donald Trump's border policies to policies existing under the Biden administration.
The panel agreed on the need for a wall along the U.S.'s southern border and, when asked about President Biden's reversal of Trump-era immigration policies, Rocha said allowing more illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. means more Democratic voters down the line.
"That's the only thing they have now because they're losing America left and right," he said.
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