The U.S. Latino shift to the political right is undeniable. Last month, not only did Donald Trump win more Hispanic-American votes than any Republican candidate in recent history, but he won more in all the border counties in Texas, where he is planning to build a wall to keep out unwanted Latinos. He also did better than expected with Puerto Rican voters, even after a comedian referred to the island as “garbage” during a rally at Madison Square Garden. Every major news and opinion outlet, including Commonweal, has published at least one article about “why Latinos turned red.”
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