Posted on 01/05/2020 4:01:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
Martha Doss, who was naturalized in 2017, is an example of the complexities of Texas’ political landscape amid the immigration debate.
On the day Martha Doss became a U.S. citizen in 2017, she couldn’t stop thinking of her mother.
“She wanted to desperately be an American,” she said, remembering the woman who brought her and her twin sister from Mexico to the United States when they were children in the mid-1980s.
Becoming a citizen meant her mother’s dream of a better life for her children had, in some way, been fulfilled.
It also meant that in 2020, Martha could vote in what will likely be one of the most contentious and hard-fought presidential elections.
And on that day in 2017 when Martha pledged to “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” she knew exactly whom she would vote for: Donald Trump.
While many Latinos across the country abandon the Republican Party, Martha reflects the complexities of the Texas electorate on the eve of the 2020 election. Observers are watching carefully, wondering if this is the time Democrats can win in a state that has been loyal to Republicans for decades.
Democrats have made significant inroads among the state’s traditionally conservative Latino population that is growing, getting younger and more progressive.
But there are still men and women like Martha who are holdouts for the GOP. That a Latina and new American would so enthusiastically back a politician whom many see as demonizing immigrants surprises some, Martha knows. But her deeply held religious beliefs have led her to the Republican Party. And she is more offended by how she says Democrats take votes from black and Latino people for granted.
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The DMN is such a liberal rag.
What a bunch of fake news.
Latinos have always voted heavily democrat.
If anything, the reverse is true with Trump.
“Democrats have made significant inroads among the state’s traditionally conservative Latino population that is growing, getting younger and more progressive.”
Then let’s get that recall going in Calif.
So Y’ALL COME! YEEEHAW! YAHOOO! It’s party time, for CW2.
Who is abandoning the Republican Party?
Latinos? B. S.
We know there are freebie seekers, but the working folks don’t like it any better than we do.
They get angry when they see folks not go through the process they did. And even illegals who have been here the longest, get angry that newcomer illegals are competing for their jobs.
This is another ‘throw away’ comment the Left loves to toss out as fact, when moving into a subject they want to skew.
It isn’t a fact at all.
We found a statistical outlier, so let’s throw open the borders.
Opinion of the author which I doubt he could support.
“While many Latinos across the country abandon the Republican Party,”
I drove 6hrs Friday to attend the evangelical rally for Trump in Miami.
It was PACKED with latinos who were happy and enthusiastically supporting Trump.
Good news.
I don't believe it.
While I’m happy this woman choose to become a citizen the legal way but for Heavens sake, why can’t people in other countries make their countries a better place?
“t also meant that in 2020, Martha could vote in what will likely be one of the most contentious and hard-fought presidential elections.
And on that day in 2017 when Martha pledged to “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” she knew exactly whom she would vote for: Donald Trump.
While many Latinos across the country abandon the Republican Party, Martha reflects the complexities of the Texas electorate on the eve of the 2020 election. Observers are watching carefully, wondering if this is the time Democrats can win in a state that has been loyal to Republicans for decades.
Democrats have made significant inroads among the state’s traditionally conservative Latino population that is growing, getting younger and more progressive.
But there are still men and women like Martha who are holdouts for the GOP. That a Latina and new American would so enthusiastically back a politician whom many see as demonizing immigrants surprises some, Martha knows. But her deeply held religious beliefs have led her to the Republican Party. And she is more offended by how she says Democrats take votes from black and Latino people for granted.”
Where do you start with this kind of bull shit? I’m surprised they didn’t report her for a made up crime and try to have her jailed as a “lesson” to other Hispanics not the stray off the plantation.
bump
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