Election 2020

Latino Rebels Radio: September 27, 2019

Biden’s support dropped three points from 22% to 19%.

Latino USA‘s Maria Hinojosa sits down with Beto O’Rourke for a conversation about what’s happening El Paso in the wake of the shooting there and why he is running for the presidency.

The biggest red state means more to Republican presidential candidates than the biggest blue state does to Democrats.

“Innocent people were shot down because they look different from you. Because they look like me. They look like my family,” the Democratic candidate said.

American imperialism has not been a serious electoral issue since the days of one of the nation’s most famous anti-imperialists, Mark Twain. It’s time we change that.

“We need to create a world where we are spending less money on weapons of mass destruction and more money in addressing human needs,” the Senator said.

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Latino voters will make up an increasing share of the electorate in 2020 and, while they predominantly support Democrats over Trump, there is a significant amount of work to be done.

By Albert Morales President Donald Trump’s incendiary language over the weekend triggered yet another media and public firestorm on the issue of race. His attacks targeting four non-white congresswomen and telling them to go back to their “home countries” led critics, including some prominent Republican observers, to call upon the president to retract and apologize. […]

The California senator went from 6th place pre-debate to 1st place post-debate.

Being Latinx means you are held to an impossible standard to prove you’re sufficiently American. If that wasn’t exhausting enough, you are also held to an impossible standard to prove your Latinidad.

Our campaign is talking about a government by the people, for the people, to help the people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Mexico on Sunday and listened to tearful immigrants say they fled Central American violence and turmoil to seek asylum in the U.S., but were turned away at the border.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal law that President Donald Trump used in justifying the separation of migrant parents and children at the border last year is creating waves on the 2020 campaign trail, with some Democrats vowing to do away with it completely.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some Democratic presidential hopefuls spoke some Spanish during the first televised debate of the 2020 election, evoking praise from some Latino activists and eye rolls from others.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — As a national furor unfolded over the harsh conditions immigrant children are being subjected to in the U.S., Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren climbed a step ladder and waved at teenagers being held behind a chain-link fence covered with a mesh screen.

Rather than ignoring the issue and hoping Democratic advantages on issues like the health care are sufficient to win, the party should take Trump head-on.

Cabán hopes that prosecuting less, ending cash bail, relaxing misdemeanor charges, and giving shorter sentences will help even out the racial and economic disparities in the criminal justice system.

The new straw poll found that nearly 50 percent of those surveyed back Warren.

Latino USA continues its coverage of the field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination.