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welcome to the show, i m mehdi hasan. we hire less than five weeks away from the midterms. where democrats are not only looking to hang on to the majority, they re trying to hang on to control of the senate. and back in the spotlight is the quote, unquote, latino vote. which could be crucial for dams in especially in tight rates furch both states with large latino populations that went for biden in 2020. but for democrats, a worrying trend is playing out. she feels very upset with the current leadership of democrats because she feels that taxes are higher and the money is just not enough to get by. so she s voted democrat her whole life, she says. and now she s not happy with the economy. and that s why she thinking about since the 2020 election, especially, we have been inundated with think pieces about the latino vote and how it shifting to the right. becoming more republican. becoming even more trumpy. and yes, kind of astonishingly, trump did gro
five. but what ads you just get through talking about that are going back to your latino men problem? lots of ads around abortion. as they should be. it s a very mobilizing thing. but it s very mobilizing for women. it s very mobilizing for latinos. who are already over performing then by 20 points. crimes, guns. i m very concerned that i m seeing ads run. in brownsville texas. in this race for democrats that s leaning with guns in texas. i m from texas. every mexican in brownsville has a gun. and abortion in this place where jobs in the economy is one. because it s one of the poorest places in the world. and i think that there is a reason behind. that and that s because in all of these districts, whether 60, 70, 80% let kenow populations. he had no latinos involved in making the decision of what the messaging is. you have a bunch of white folks that are well-intentioned, running all of these campaigns. and the consultants behind him don t understand how to show up with cultural compet
exactly how many jobs we need and how you need to talk about solving it. much more on that to come. but right now, two of our friends have started their own initiative to tackle unemployment at scale, and they are taking it straight to the caucusgoers at the jobs first 2012 roundtable in iowa tomorrow. we re here with the founder of jobs first 2012 and cochair of the task force on jobs creation, leo hindery and matt siegel, cofounder of our time. leo, you brought this to our attention years ago. if you don t address the scale of the problem, you can t solve the problem. how are you framing this in the context of your trip to iowa? well, dylan, you framed it for matt and myself and your listeners pretty well with your lead. it s a 30 million women and men problem, dylan. and when you say that the government acknowledges the the problem, sadly, they don t. if this entire congress that s