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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, March 18th, 2026.

Let's get in the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Republicans fear losing the Latino vote.

Number two, an upset in the Illinois Senate race. And number three, two big hearings in the Senate. All right, Jake, let's get to it. We have a great item here,

led by our very own Max Cohen. Looking at how House Republicans in particular are very fearful

that Hispanic and Latino voters will not come out in the same way that they did for President

Donald Trump when he was on the ballot and how that could be a big problem for them come the midterms.

Yeah.

2024 perhaps was the high watermark for the GOP and the Latino vote.

And as Ali and Max Wright, 2024 feels like a lifetime ago.

Trump is implementing mass deportations targeting many Hispanic communities.

Prices remain stubbornly high and the job market is showing weakness.

And some in the GOP are growing nervous that these voters could revert back to Democrats or just stay home.

In fact, Richard Hudson said in an interview, you know, our Hispanic voters didn't show up.

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