By The opinion
09 Jun 2024, 20:32 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump rallied voters in the scorching heat of Las Vegas and insisted the situation at the southern border is “unsustainable” and accused President Joe Biden of having created a “crisis” and pointed out that the asylum restrictions announced by the president last Tuesday “mean nothing.”
“If Joe Biden wanted to sign an executive order to stop the invasion, the only thing he would have to do is say: ‘Here I reinstitute all the border policies of someone called Donald Trump,’” the former president said in front of the attendees who gathered in Sunset Park. under a temperature of around 100 degrees.
As it did since 2016, The former president used anti-immigrant rhetoric and directly attacked the migrants who arrive at the southern border by ensuring that they are hurting “American Latinos.” as it refers to the members of this community who have legal status in the country.
Trump bet on them this Sunday, on the so-called Latino voters, at an electoral rally in Las Vegas dedicated to this community in which he attacked the migrants who are arriving through the southern border and who he said “are doing harm.” to the economy of Latinos who already live in the US.
He also stated that migrants who enter irregularly “are taking 100 percent of the new jobs. “”They are hurting our families, they are destroying our black population, they are destroying our Hispanic population, and they know what else they are destroying our unions.”said the president.
Trump took advantage of today’s event to rename the campaign focused on the Hispanic and Latino community, which went from being called Latinos for Trump to Latin American for Trump. The change was made to emphasize that Latinos are Americans, according to Jaime Florez, director, told Efe. of Hispanic communications of the Trump campaign.
Nevada has become an elusive state for Republicans since 2008when former President Barack Obama won the state comfortably, something that cost Biden in 2020 when he won by about 34,000 votes, or 2.4 percentage points in favor.
This event coincides with the recent New York Times/Siena College poll, which showed the former Republican president is gaining support among Latino voters with 36% saying they would vote for him compared to 26% saying they would vote for Biden.
Young people in Nevada are also leaning in favor of TrumpAn example of this are the Puerto Ricans Gustavo and Elena, 24 and 26 years old, respectively, the brothers who have lived in Nevada for more than a decade believe that the former president represents “a good future” for the country.
Trump concluded his rally by inviting attendees to vote in the Nevada primaries next Tuesday, June 11, in which he will surely be chosen as the Republican candidate, despite the fact that the party’s statutes in this state specify that no person convicted can be elected as a candidate.
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