President Trump And The Republican Party Are Fighting For Hispanic Americans – A Community Failed By Kamala Harris And Far-Left Politicians

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS ARE COMMITTED TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY 

• Team Trump and the RNC are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing the extraordinary contributions that the Hispanic community has made to our country.
  • This cycle the Trump campaign and the RNC are working tirelessly to spread messages of optimism and opportunity, reminding all communities that the American Dream is still alive, and the achievements enjoyed during the Trump administration are still in reach.
• Hispanic Americans have been left behind by the failed policies of the Harris-Biden Administration.
  • While Harris tries to install the same failed Communist policies of big government, price controls, censorship, and political lawfare from Cuba and Venezuela, President Trump will protect the American Dream and make life affordable again for our families.
  • To highlight Kamala’s failures, the Trump campaign recently released a new video, “Que Mala” Kamala? 
• President Trump’s pro-growth agenda delivered an economic boom, which drove down unemployment and expanded opportunity for Hispanic Americans.
  • Under President Trump’s leadership, the Hispanic community saw a record low unemployment rate, record high Hispanic homeownership, and historically low poverty.
    • Under President Trump, median real income for Hispanic households surpassed $50,000 for the first time in history.
  • In Puerto Rico, President Trump provided unprecedented support for energy and infrastructure.
    • Under President Trump, the federal government obligated over $26 billion for Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria.
      • These funds vastly exceed Puerto Rico’s annual governmental budget of approximately $9 billion.
    • Under President Trump, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded nearly $13 billion – including $11.6 billion in Federal funding – for new infrastructure grants to Puerto Rico.
      • These grants were two of the largest grants ever awarded by FEMA, together exceeding the total disaster Public Assistance program funding for any other single disaster declared by a President outside of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.
• Across Latin America, President Trump stood up to corrupt regimes that violated human rights and refused to respect their people’s call for democracy.
  • President Trump reversed the Obama administration’s disastrous policy of easing restrictions on Cuba that allowed more funds to flow to the repressive Castro regime. 
  • The Trump Administration imposed sanctions on the Cuban military and intelligence officials who undermined democracy and repressed the Cuban people.
  • In November 2018, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against the corrupt Ortega regime in Nicaragua.
  • The Trump administration announced sanctions targeting high-level officials complicit in human rights violations and corruption.
  • On January 23, 2019, President Trump recognized Venezuelan National Assembly President, Juan Guaidó, as the Interim President of Venezuela.
    • The Trump administration gave Guaidó control of Venezuela’s assets and property in U.S.-based bank accounts.
• The Republican party’s commitment to Hispanic Americans is not new; the Republican Party has a long history of making in-roads with the Hispanic community and Republican Hispanic leaders breaking down barriers.
  • In 1928, Republican Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo became the first Hispanic American to serve in the Senate. 
  • In 1971, President Nixon appointed the first Mexican-American woman to be Treasurer of the United States, Romana Acosta Bañuelos. 
  • In 1980, Ben Fernandez, co-founder of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, made history as the first Hispanic to run for president on a major party ticket.
  • In 1988, President Reagan appointed the first Hispanic Cabinet member, Dr. Lauro Cavazos, to serve as Secretary of Education. 
  • In 1989, Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen became the first Hispanic woman elected to Congress.
  • In 2022, Republican Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) became the first Mexican-born congresswoman.
• Hispanic American voters are fleeing to the Republican Party, rejecting the Democrat party’s socialist policies and authoritarian mandates.
  • In 2020, Republicans flipped 15 congressional seats from Democrat to Republican – in each of the seats flipped, the elected winner was either a woman or minority, with four of the seats going to Hispanic Americans.
  • In 2021, Republican Javier Villalobos was elected mayor of McAllen, Texas, a majority Hispanic city, the first time a Republican won in 24 years.
  • In 2022, Republican Rep. Mayra Flores (TX-34) became the first Republican to represent the Rio Grande Valley area since 1871.
  • In 2022, Hispanic Republican candidates including Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), and Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) won key seats in important races across the country.
    • De La Cruz is the first Republican ever to represent her district and Chavez-DeRemer flipped a seat Democrats had controlled for more than two decades. 
  • 51 percent of Hispanic American voters now support Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, a 19-point shift from Harris since the beginning of August.

HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BURDENED BY KAMALANOMICS

• Hispanic Americans are not happy with the economy under Harris. 
  • Just 20 percent of Hispanic Americans think the economy is doing well under Harris, the lowest of any U.S. demographic group, according to a survey by Pew Research Center.
  • Four out of the top five priorities for Hispanic American voters are pocketbook issues, according to UnidosUS polling.
• Under Harris, Hispanic Americans have been burdened by higher prices, lower wages, soaring interest rates, and rising unemployment. 
  • Under Trump, Hispanic Americans enjoyed low inflation, record low poverty, record high homeownership, and a record low unemployment rate.
• In the last two years under Harris’ leadership, the Hispanic American unemployment rate rose by a full percentage point.
• The typical American family now spends $1,100 more each month on the same goods and services compared to when Harris took office, according to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.
  • Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on a $1.9 trillion bill that fueled inflation.
  • According to a study by the Dallas Fed, inflation is disproportionately hurting Hispanic households, with 57 percent of Hispanic Americans stressed by high inflation.
  • A study by the Urban Institute found that Hispanic Americans are at a much higher risk of experiencing food insecurity due to inflation under Harris.
• Hispanic median household income under Harris is still below pre-pandemic levels.
  • Hispanic Americans saw median household income increase by almost 12 percent during the first three years of the Trump administration, an increase of nearly $7,000.
  • Comparatively, Hispanic Americans saw median household income increase by 1 percent during the first three years of the Harris-Biden administration, an increase of just $700.

DEMOCRATS HAVE FAILED HISPANIC AMERICANS

• The number of Hispanic Americans living in poverty has increased by 370,000 people during the first three years of the Harris-Biden administration.
  • Comparatively, nearly 1.6 million Hispanic Americans were lifted out of poverty during the first three years of the Trump administration.
• Harris’ failed border policies have allowed dangerous transnational gangs from South and Central America to grow power and influence, terrorizing Hispanic communities in the United States.
  • Immigration and the border has now become a top concern for Hispanic American voters.
  • Over 100 criminal investigations involving Tren de Aragua in the United States are on-going, including the murder of a former Venezuelan police officer living in South Florida.
  • Mexican cartels now earn an estimated $13 billion per year on human trafficking, 26 times more than they made in 2018.
  • Senior officials in the Harris-Biden administration ignored repeated warnings in 2021 about the rapid rise of mostly Hispanic migrant children being trafficked and abused. 
• National test scores have plummeted to historic lows as a result of Democrats’ extended school closures – erasing decades of progress and disproportionately hurting low-income and minority students.
  • Hispanic students faced further disadvantages from school closures, “in part because their schools were more likely to continue remote learning for longer periods of time.”
• Harris opposes school choice despite its benefits, such as higher reading and math scores among the Hispanic community.
  • Hispanic parents want better education choices for their children, with a clear majority of Hispanic Americans supporting school choice.
• Fentanyl pouring over the border has made its way into Hispanic American communities causing drug overdose deaths among Hispanics to spike in recent years.
• Harris’ running-mate Tim Walz thinks “one person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”

HARRIS HAS CAVED TO RADICAL LEADERS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Harris was one of the original co-sponsors of failed legislation that would’ve prevented President Trump from restricting travel to Cuba.
  • After anti-communism protests broke out in Cuba in 2021, the Harris-Biden administration refused to condemn communism and instead blamed “mismanagement.”
  • In 2022, the Harris-Biden administration began lifting sanctions on Cuba.
  • Under the Harris-Biden administration, China is pushing to build a military base in Cuba focused on spying on the United States. 
• In Venezuela, the Harris-Biden administration has made concession after concession to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
  • In October 2023, the administration lifted a broad array of sanctions against Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, mining exports, and secondary market trading of Venezuelan government bonds.
    • Maduro, in exchange, made empty promises about election reforms, freeing political prisoners, and accepting deportation flights from the United States. 
  • Maduro has since brazenly violated his commitment to election reforms, arrested a range of political opponents, assassinated dissidents abroad, halted deportation flights, geared up for new sanctions, and is preparing to seize neighboring Guyana. 
    • Maduro now flaunts threats by the Harris-Biden administration to reinstate sanctions.
• According to a DHS report, Venezuela is now taking advantage of the border crisis under this administration emptying their prisons and sending criminals to our country to harm Americans.
  • Harris has said on multiple occasions that Venezuelans should be granted “Temporary Protected Status” in the United States.
• The Harris-Biden administration allowed companies to bypass sanctions by providing exemptions that allowed financial resources to flow directly to the Maduro regime and strengthen its position. 
  • The administration authorized liquefied petroleum gas shipments to Venezuela in July 2021. 
  • The administration eased restrictions in May 2022 that prohibited business between the Maduro regime and Chevron, the main U.S. oil company with assets in Venezuela. 
  • The administration eased sanctions in June 2022 to allow two European oil producers to resume oil shipments from Venezuela. 
  • The administration allowed Chevron to expand production in Venezuela in November 2022.
  • The administration slowed down new prosecutions of Maduro’s inner circle. 

RATHER THAN PROVIDE REAL SOLUTIONS, ALL HARRIS CAN DO IS PANDER

• Harris uses the woke term “Latinx” – which only one in four Latino adults have heard of and only three percent use.
• Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on a $1.9 trillion bill that fueled inflation and spent $60,000 in taxpayer money on a grant to research “Latinx” history.
• Harris suddenly flipped her position claiming to support the border wall she strongly opposed.
  • Harris criticized the border wall more than 50 times during the Trump administration.
  • On her first day in office, the Harris-Biden administration stopped building the border wall.