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

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Axios

10h


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

[lark]

1. They should never have voted for him in the first place.

How did they not know this would happen??

[nycbos]

17. A lot of them are racist towards African-Americans

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]

2. Guess the Latino voters are finding out

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

[JBTaurus83]

3. Not to worry

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.

[MadameButterfly]

32. unless we have martial law

[SoFlaBro]

4. When you vote for a MAGA motherfucker, you get a MAGA fucked up result. Go fucking cry into your hat.

[wcmagumba]

5. Ya think? Me so happy...

[ananda]

6. What, phobias and isms and hate no longer enough?

Weellll

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. New members of the Leopards Eating My Face Party

Link to tweet

[Chasstev365]

8. While I am sympathetic, I also ask, "how could you have been so stupid to have voted for him in the first place?"

[sakabatou]

9. I swear, you could place a sign in front of them that says "Warning! Landmines ahead!"

And. they'll keep walking.

[Aristus]

10. One can only shrug and shake one's head sadly.

"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."

[republianmushroom]

11. Live and learn, dudes. chuckle chuckle

[larwdem]

12. I. Hope they starve

[synni]

13. And it only took them 9 months to figure it out?

Slow learners....

[truthisfreedom]

14. Fucking liars always have victims.

But they won’t be fooled twice.

[mdbl]

15. Whatever.

[nycbos]

16. Translation: "we were fine with him when he thought he would only harm other people...

... 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.

[electric_blue68]

18. Snort... Brava! 😄👍 🐆 TY

[progree]

28. Very definitely worth the watch, very funny. And after the performance they go into how they came up with the idea

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]

19. Origin of the Phrase - according to Google AI

"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.

[Cha]

21. Mahalo! I wondered about the origin

of that but this is the best explanation!

[electric_blue68]

22. YW. Suddenly I was like... "Well, where Did this come from?!". There was also a result referring to how it got over...

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

[Cha]

20. Yeah, Too BAD You All Didn't' "SOUR" on the

Fucking Traitor to the USA BEFORE the "election".

[LudwigPastorius]

23. ¡Es el leopardo devorador de caras!

[HappyLarge]

24. They got exactly what they voted for.

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]

25. Fock Latinos who voted for Trump

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]

29. True....Harris likely lost the election on the white woman vote

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]

30. Not this white woman

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

[usonian]

26. Follar y descubrir

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219770873

(En ingles)

[progree]

27. But, "Americans' faith in the economy ... is back on track and shooting higher,"

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]

31. Lartino support of an avowed racist criminal never made much sense

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