“The View” co-host Ana Navarro is not thrilled with the way the Biden administration is handling outreach to Hispanic voters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
During “CNN Tonight,” Navarro discussed the matter with commentators David Axelrod, Scott Jennings, and hosts Alisyn Camerota and Laura Coates.
“What is the Republican message in this election?” Jennings asked.
He added, “You’re being economically disadvantaged by the Biden administration and they’re not keeping your neighborhoods safe because of the national crime wave.”
Jennings then agreed with Navarro’s point that several Democrats treat Hispanics as single-issue voters.
“I think Ana, though, laid out a powerful concept in politics in that you can’t treat people as though they’re only allowed to care about one thing,” Jennings said.
He explained, “If I told you, you can care about one thing – and one thing only – and if you disagree with me, I’d disregard you, you wouldn’t feel very kindly toward my political party.”
Navarro chimed in, criticizing the Biden administration for their lack of outreach to Hispanic voters.
“I’ll tell you something, the Biden administration sucks at tooting their own horn,” she said.
She continued, “I told them this to their own face. Look, they’ve done things like issue temporary protective status for Venezuelans, which is a very big deal for the Hispanic community. But they don’t toot their own horn.”
Navarro told the panel former President Donald Trump “did very little things. A lot of it was smoke and mirrors but anytime something was done they’d be down in Miami and there’d be a big event and they’d be at the Freedom Tower and they’d be all these people clapping and those things matter.”
On Wednesday, USA Today pointed out polls show Latino support for Democrats is on the decline.
Additionally, Republicans are making progress with Latino voters in states like Texas and Nevada.
“Based on the most recent polling, it looks as though Democrats are not going to capture the same kind of hefty vote share of Latinos that they’ve been used to in the last few presidential election cycles,” Gabriel Sanchez, a political science professor at the University of New Mexico, told the outlet.