The South Texas Democrat said Latinos who support former President Donald Trump are voting against their self interest, but Republicans recoiled at the comparison.
Texas Legislature, a Democrat from McAllen, compared Hispanic Trump supporters to “Jews for Hitler,” prompting fierce backlash from Republicans as he runs for reelection in a mostly Hispanic South Texas district., Gonzalez warned that Democrats could soon lose support among socially conservative Hispanic voters in South Texas as Republicans increasingly invest in the area.
Flores is a vocal Trump supporter and blasted Gonzalez for comparing Latino Trump supporters to Jewish Nazis.Other Republicans echoed Flores’ criticism. The Congressional Leadership PAC, a fundraising operation tied to House Republican leadership, issued a statement calling the remark “absolutely disgusting” and pressuring voters “into voting a certain way based on their ethnicity.” The National Republican Congressional Committee also called on Gonzalez to apologize.
“It’s clearly a vote against self interest. And yes it would be like the Jewish community voting for Hitler before the atrocities he caused. That would never happen. And Latinos need wake up and see a tyrant on the horizon,” Gonzalez said.The comments and reactions highlight the amplified attention on the 34th district, which was once comfortably Democratic but is now one of the few competitive districts in the state.
But even in the Hispanic-majority population centers in South Texas, Democrats' hold is weakening. De La Cruz lost Hidalgo County, the largest county in the 15th district, in 2022 by a considerably smaller margin than in 2020. In Cameron County, the largest in the 34th district, Gonzalez won by only 3.55 points. Four years before, former Democratic Rep.It’s a trend Gonzalez takes seriously.
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