Mar 9, 2021 08:05 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/po...crats.html
EXCERPTS: “Everybody was a liberal Democrat — in my neighborhood, in the Bronx, in the local government,” said Mr. Ortiz, whose family is Black and from Puerto Rico. “The welfare state was bad for our people — the state became the father in the Black and brown household and that was a bad, bad mistake.” Mr. Ortiz became a Republican, drawn to messages of individual responsibility and lower taxes. To him, generations of poor people have stayed loyal to a Democratic Party that has failed to transform their lives. “Why would I want to be stuck in that mentality?” he said.
[...] Like any voter, these men are also driven by their opinions on a variety of issues: Many mention their anti-abortion views, support for gun rights and strict immigration policies. They have watched their friends and relatives go to western Texas to work the oil fields, and worry that new environmental regulations will wipe out the industry there. Still, most say their favorable view of Republicans stems from economic concerns, a desire for low taxes and few regulations. They say they want to support the party they believe will allow them to work and become wealthy.
[...] Sergio Arellano of Phoenix, Ariz., said he had a story he liked to tell about the moment he registered as a Republican. When he was an 18-year-old Army infantryman on home leave, he went to a July 4 event and spotted the voter registration table. He asked the woman sitting there: What’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats?
Democrats, he recalled her saying, are for the poor. Republicans are for the rich.
“Well that made it easy — I didn’t want to be poor, I wanted to be rich, so I chose Republican,” Mr. Arellano said. “Obviously she figured I would identify with the poor. There’s an assumption that you’re starting out in this country, you don’t have any money, you will identify with the poor. But what I wanted was to make my own money.”
[...] For some Latino men who favor Republicans, they simply want the government to stay out of their way and not impede their chances of success. “You can’t legislate equality, you can’t legislate work ethic and you can’t legislate being a good person,” Mr. Ortiz said. “I am not perfect and nobody is perfect, but for me it starts with individual responsibility.” (MORE - details)
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Tired Of Being Treated Like Toddlers’: Candace Owens Blames NYT’s ‘Bigotry’ For Hispanics ‘Fleeing The Democratic Party’
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/08/canda...ork-times/
EXCERPTS: . . . [Candace] Owens responded sarcastically, saying she wanted to “take a moment to just thank our lucky stars” The New York Times is there “to think” for Hispanics and blacks. “God forbid we have these Hispanic men and women walking around trying to think for themselves,” she added.
[...] “This is what we talk about all the time … just the bigotry of low expectations. People don’t even realize their implicit biases. They don’t even realize what they’re saying when they write these things,” Owens said. “I like this kind of writing, Tucker, because this is the reason that Hispanics are fleeing the Democrat Party … They’re tired of being treated like toddlers who can’t think for themselves.”
Owens [...] concluded by saying “Hispanic men and women are bright enough to figure out what’s going on in this country.” (MORE - details)
EXCERPTS: “Everybody was a liberal Democrat — in my neighborhood, in the Bronx, in the local government,” said Mr. Ortiz, whose family is Black and from Puerto Rico. “The welfare state was bad for our people — the state became the father in the Black and brown household and that was a bad, bad mistake.” Mr. Ortiz became a Republican, drawn to messages of individual responsibility and lower taxes. To him, generations of poor people have stayed loyal to a Democratic Party that has failed to transform their lives. “Why would I want to be stuck in that mentality?” he said.
[...] Like any voter, these men are also driven by their opinions on a variety of issues: Many mention their anti-abortion views, support for gun rights and strict immigration policies. They have watched their friends and relatives go to western Texas to work the oil fields, and worry that new environmental regulations will wipe out the industry there. Still, most say their favorable view of Republicans stems from economic concerns, a desire for low taxes and few regulations. They say they want to support the party they believe will allow them to work and become wealthy.
[...] Sergio Arellano of Phoenix, Ariz., said he had a story he liked to tell about the moment he registered as a Republican. When he was an 18-year-old Army infantryman on home leave, he went to a July 4 event and spotted the voter registration table. He asked the woman sitting there: What’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats?
Democrats, he recalled her saying, are for the poor. Republicans are for the rich.
“Well that made it easy — I didn’t want to be poor, I wanted to be rich, so I chose Republican,” Mr. Arellano said. “Obviously she figured I would identify with the poor. There’s an assumption that you’re starting out in this country, you don’t have any money, you will identify with the poor. But what I wanted was to make my own money.”
[...] For some Latino men who favor Republicans, they simply want the government to stay out of their way and not impede their chances of success. “You can’t legislate equality, you can’t legislate work ethic and you can’t legislate being a good person,” Mr. Ortiz said. “I am not perfect and nobody is perfect, but for me it starts with individual responsibility.” (MORE - details)
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Tired Of Being Treated Like Toddlers’: Candace Owens Blames NYT’s ‘Bigotry’ For Hispanics ‘Fleeing The Democratic Party’
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/08/canda...ork-times/
EXCERPTS: . . . [Candace] Owens responded sarcastically, saying she wanted to “take a moment to just thank our lucky stars” The New York Times is there “to think” for Hispanics and blacks. “God forbid we have these Hispanic men and women walking around trying to think for themselves,” she added.
[...] “This is what we talk about all the time … just the bigotry of low expectations. People don’t even realize their implicit biases. They don’t even realize what they’re saying when they write these things,” Owens said. “I like this kind of writing, Tucker, because this is the reason that Hispanics are fleeing the Democrat Party … They’re tired of being treated like toddlers who can’t think for themselves.”
Owens [...] concluded by saying “Hispanic men and women are bright enough to figure out what’s going on in this country.” (MORE - details)
