the hispanic vote. now it s a huge opportunity for republicans to bring them home to say this is a place you need to be because we stand for a strong america, we stand for strong border security, we stand for strong families. for the hispanic community, it is not monolithic but these issues that are penetrating these communities is about inflation as we see across the board, economy, it s about don t indoctrinate my children. let me teach and raise my children based on my values. and also you are seeing such diverse candidates running on the republican side. many strong hispanic latinas running in key districts. they have incredible stories and also connecting to their base. harris: you know what s really interesting, kevin, we ve seen so many covers with alexandria ocasio-cortez, the congresswoman out of new york and what mercedes is quietly pointing out you may not know the names of all the diverse
law abiding, tax paying, low taxes and family oriented and small government. that s what we are. thank god we re waking up to the fact that for 30 years the democratic party has been playing political football with us. harris: mercedes schlapp cpac founder, senior fellow and former trump white house communications advisor. kevin walling former biden campaign surrogate. great to see you both today. mercedes, i ll start with you and the decline of support from latino and hispanic voters and where that now will go. where that energy, that impact, that intensity, those votes. i ve worked on hispanic outreach in media for over a decade and one of the biggest challenges that i think we ve seen is that the hispanics are moving more into this independent swing voter type of status, which actually is problematic for the democrats because they ve always claimed
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