Will the far-right extend white privilege to Latinos?
Think from KERA
KERA
4.7 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Democrats have traditionally relied on Latino voters, but voting patterns show many Latinos shifting to the right. Paola Ramos is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC, where she is the host of “Field Report,” and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her examination of why Latinos voted for Trump in greater numbers in 2020 vs. 2016 and why this powerful electorate is continually misunderstood. Her book is “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.”
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| 0:00.0 | You've heard about border vigilantes, right? |
| 0:12.1 | These are Americans fed up with undocumented migration who surveil known crossing areas along the U.S.-Mexico border, sometimes with weapons in hand, |
| 0:20.8 | as a kind of shadow border patrol, eager to boost the U.S.-Mexico border, sometimes with weapons in hand, as a kind of |
| 0:21.7 | shadow border patrol, eager to boost the effectiveness of the actual agency. What you may not realize |
| 0:28.2 | is that some of the most dedicated vigilantes have something in common with the people they are |
| 0:33.0 | trying to keep out. They have roots in Latin America. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd. |
| 0:41.0 | Despite broadly anti-immigrant rhetoric, Donald Trump actually made gains with Latino voters between |
| 0:47.1 | 2016 and 2020. And when you look at the extreme right, folks affiliated with groups like the |
| 0:52.5 | Proud Boys and those who took part in the January 6th Capitol Siege, you'll find a lot of Spanish surnames. |
| 0:58.7 | It is a trend that has been building for some time, and while it might sound surprising, my guest's reporting reveals a number of reasons why it's happening. |
| 1:07.8 | Journalist and author Paola Ramos is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC, where |
| 1:13.4 | she is host of Field Report. Her book is called Defectors, The Rise of the Latino Far Right |
| 1:18.7 | and What It Means for America. Paola, welcome to think. Thank you so much for having me. I really |
| 1:24.3 | appreciate it. So you open at this event in Miami meant to commemorate |
| 1:28.2 | the January 6th attack on the Capitol among folks who thought that was a good thing. Who was there and |
| 1:33.6 | why did they gather? Yeah, so this was a year after the January 6th insurrection. And so I find |
| 1:39.5 | myself in Miami and stepping into a press conference that was organized by a couple of folks that had |
| 1:45.4 | actually participated in the January 6th instruction themselves. |
| 1:48.9 | Among them was a man called a Gabriel Garcia. |
| 1:52.6 | And he, I remember, you know, standing with the press folks and with the cameras and observing |
| 1:59.7 | him and hearing his remarks. And one of the first |
| 2:02.2 | things that comes out of Gabriel Garcia's mouth is the following. You know, I am Gabriel |
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