Trump Proved GOP Can Win Hispanics Without Amnesty

Trump Proved GOP Can Win Hispanics Without Amnesty
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President Trump won 32 percent of the Hispanic vote. That's up from the 29 percent he received in 2016. And it's better than Mitt Romney and John McCain's performances in 2012 and 2008.

This strong showing stunned not just Democrats, but many establishment Republicans, who've long claimed that Trump's brash rhetoric and actions on immigration would repel Latino voters. After all, the president has attempted to repeal DACA, implemented dozens of new policies to deter illegal border crossings, and even scaled back legal immigration.

Yet these actions have evidently made the president more, not less, popular among many Hispanic Americans.

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