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BumRushDaShow

(160,717 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:01 PM Friday

Latinos sour on Trump over tariffs, the economy, immigration raids

Source: msn/Axios

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President Trump made historic gains for the GOP among Latino voters last year, but polls and other indicators suggest their support for him is falling amid growing anger over his handling of the economy and immigration.

Why it matters: Latinos' rising discontent could mean trouble for the GOP heading into the 2026 midterms, and undermine Republican redistricting efforts — namely in Texas — partly aimed at exploiting the party's recent gains among such voters.

The big picture: Trump's tariffs have South Texas farmers on edge as crop sales decline, while Latino small-business owners — from bootmakers to small retailers — say their costs are rising.

  • Grocery prices are up in most categories, and border ports, which are key sources of economic activity in the American Southwest, face financial uncertainty.
  • Meanwhile, Trump's immigration crackdown by masked federal agents occasionally has involved arrests of Mexican Americans and other U.S.-born Latinos, leading to protests and complaints of racial profiling in several cities.
  • And Trump's push to deport not just dangerous criminals, but also nonviolent undocumented workers and some legal immigrants, has exacerbated labor shortages and helped to fuel inflation in some sectors.


  • Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/latinos-sour-on-trump-over-tariffs-economy-immigration-raids/ar-AA1NlErz
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    Latinos sour on Trump over tariffs, the economy, immigration raids (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Friday OP
    They should never have voted for him in the first place. lark Friday #1
    A lot of them are racist towards African-Americans nycbos Friday #17
    Guess the Latino voters are finding out Marthe48 Friday #2
    Not to worry JBTaurus83 Friday #3
    unless we have martial law MadameButterfly 21 hrs ago #32
    When you vote for a MAGA motherfucker, you get a MAGA fucked up result. Go fucking cry into your hat. SoFlaBro Friday #4
    Ya think? Me so happy... wcmagumba Friday #5
    What, phobias and isms and hate no longer enough? ananda Friday #6
    New members of the Leopards Eating My Face Party LetMyPeopleVote Friday #7
    While I am sympathetic, I also ask, "how could you have been so stupid to have voted for him in the first place?" Chasstev365 Friday #8
    I swear, you could place a sign in front of them that says "Warning! Landmines ahead!" sakabatou Friday #9
    One can only shrug and shake one's head sadly. Aristus Friday #10
    Live and learn, dudes. chuckle chuckle republianmushroom Friday #11
    I. Hope they starve larwdem Friday #12
    And it only took them 9 months to figure it out? synni Friday #13
    Fucking liars always have victims. truthisfreedom Friday #14
    Whatever. mdbl Friday #15
    Translation: "we were fine with him when he thought he would only harm other people... nycbos Friday #16
    Snort... Brava! 😄👍 🐆 TY electric_blue68 Friday #18
    Very definitely worth the watch, very funny. And after the performance they go into how they came up with the idea progree 22 hrs ago #28
    Origin of the Phrase - according to Google AI electric_blue68 Friday #19
    Mahalo! I wondered about the origin Cha Friday #21
    YW. Suddenly I was like... "Well, where Did this come from?!". There was also a result referring to how it got over... electric_blue68 Friday #22
    Yeah, Too BAD You All Didn't' "SOUR" on the Cha Friday #20
    ĦEs el leopardo devorador de caras! LudwigPastorius Friday #23
    They got exactly what they voted for. HappyLarge Yesterday #24
    Fock Latinos who voted for Trump Alephy Yesterday #25
    True....Harris likely lost the election on the white woman vote Bengus81 21 hrs ago #29
    Not this white woman maptap22 21 hrs ago #30
    Follar y descubrir usonian Yesterday #26
    But, "Americans' faith in the economy ... is back on track and shooting higher," progree 22 hrs ago #27
    Lartino support of an avowed racist criminal never made much sense dlk 21 hrs ago #31

    lark

    (25,494 posts)
    1. They should never have voted for him in the first place.
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:05 PM
    Friday

    How did they not know this would happen??

    nycbos

    (6,555 posts)
    17. A lot of them are racist towards African-Americans
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:15 PM
    Friday

    Fragile masculinity is another. And since a lot of them are more conservative, Catholics, the fact that Harris's husband is Jewish was also another reason.

    Marthe48

    (21,917 posts)
    2. Guess the Latino voters are finding out
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:05 PM
    Friday

    Guess everyone who voted for the convicted, felon, rapist, traitor, pos is going to find out.

    JBTaurus83

    (685 posts)
    3. Not to worry
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:10 PM
    Friday

    Dump will just send ICE to polling stations around the nation to detain and attack Latino voters. Meanwhile Bondi will go after candidates in swing districts with fake charges.

    SoFlaBro

    (3,655 posts)
    4. When you vote for a MAGA motherfucker, you get a MAGA fucked up result. Go fucking cry into your hat.
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:11 PM
    Friday

    Chasstev365

    (6,325 posts)
    8. While I am sympathetic, I also ask, "how could you have been so stupid to have voted for him in the first place?"
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:18 PM
    Friday

    sakabatou

    (45,334 posts)
    9. I swear, you could place a sign in front of them that says "Warning! Landmines ahead!"
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:23 PM
    Friday

    And. they'll keep walking.

    Aristus

    (70,960 posts)
    10. One can only shrug and shake one's head sadly.
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:36 PM
    Friday

    "I'm voting for the power-crazed guy who wants to round people up and send them to concentration camps. Because I am absolutely convinced that this will never happen to me."



    nycbos

    (6,555 posts)
    16. Translation: "we were fine with him when he thought he would only harm other people...
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:06 PM
    Friday

    ... but now we are shocked that he's targeting us (even though he promised to do so it is campaign speeches), so that's unfair."

    Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the leopards ate my face song in Spanish with a mariachi band.


    progree

    (12,362 posts)
    28. Very definitely worth the watch, very funny. And after the performance they go into how they came up with the idea
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:01 AM
    22 hrs ago

    and found the mariachi band and some clips from the rehearsals, and how they came up with her leopard dress. All in 4:22 m:s.

    electric_blue68

    (24,014 posts)
    19. Origin of the Phrase - according to Google AI
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:13 PM
    Friday
    "The phrase "leopards ate my face" originated in a 2015 tweet by writer Adrian Bott. His tweet read: "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party".

    Context of the tweet
    The tweet was created as a satirical commentary on political regret.
    It was inspired by a specific incident in the United Kingdom, where a woman who had voted for the Conservative Party expressed shock and dismay after her universal credit benefits were cut, despite having supported the party's platform of austerity measures.

    electric_blue68

    (24,014 posts)
    22. YW. Suddenly I was like... "Well, where Did this come from?!". There was also a result referring to how it got over...
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:34 PM
    Friday

    here to the USA, but I didn't read that. 👍

    Cha

    (314,605 posts)
    20. Yeah, Too BAD You All Didn't' "SOUR" on the
    Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:27 PM
    Friday

    Fucking Traitor to the USA BEFORE the "election".

    HappyLarge

    (70 posts)
    24. They got exactly what they voted for.
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:44 AM
    Yesterday

    As did every Trump voting:
    Woman
    Non-white person
    Non christian nationalist
    Gay person
    Disabled person
    or
    anyone who cares about the future.

    Idiots, all of them

    Alephy

    (114 posts)
    25. Fock Latinos who voted for Trump
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:47 AM
    Yesterday

    And, I am Latino.

    To be fair, however, white people put Trump back in power. I mean, he got 53% of white women??? WTF?

    Based on the statistics from the last election, only black women come unscathed.

    At this point, the only saving grace for any other group would be if it was actually rigged.




    Bengus81

    (9,449 posts)
    29. True....Harris likely lost the election on the white woman vote
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:17 AM
    21 hrs ago

    I think it was about 8% less than what Biden received in 2020. Nope...just couldn't vote for a black woman to run this Country. Oh yeah...what we have now is sooooo much better under NAZI leadership.

    Idiots all...................

    maptap22

    (227 posts)
    30. Not this white woman
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:24 AM
    21 hrs ago

    I bet that 53% will be sorry once they take the vote away from women....and it is coming. Just waiting for that SAVE bill to pass which says your name must match your birth certificate which many married women do not have. This is the backdoor to blocking the woman vote.
    I hyphenated my name but I am sorry that I did it. My DIL never changed her name to my son's. I also looked into the cost to change my name back and it is a few thousand that most people can't afford.

    FAFO

    progree

    (12,362 posts)
    27. But, "Americans' faith in the economy ... is back on track and shooting higher,"
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 07:37 AM
    22 hrs ago
    The White House has responded to such concerns by pushing an upbeat economic message. It has said that "Americans' faith in the economy … is back on track and shooting higher," and predicted improvements in wages, gas prices and retail sales.


    Latest Consumer Sentiment survey
    https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/

    Is this what faith looks like?

    dlk

    (12,967 posts)
    31. Lartino support of an avowed racist criminal never made much sense
    Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:37 AM
    21 hrs ago

    And Republicans are consistently terrible for the economy. Some people require learning the hard way.

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