On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) said that “the Trump marketing campaign technique actually focused low-information, low-propensity voters via non-traditional methods of communication. And their message was very impactful, as a result of it utilized plenty of the robust feelings of hate and worry and nervousness, plenty of disinformation” in regards to the economic system and immigration.
Ruiz mentioned, “[O]ne of the issues that we’re figuring out is that the Trump marketing campaign technique actually focused low-information, low-propensity voters via non-traditional methods of communication. And their message was very impactful, as a result of it utilized plenty of the robust feelings of hate and worry and nervousness, plenty of disinformation relating to that we have now all-time excessive unemployment –.”
Host Blake Burman then reduce in to ask Ruiz if he thinks Republicans received as a consequence of hate and worry.
Ruiz responded, “Yeah. When it comes to the worry of immigrants, the disinformation about immigrants…have extra propensity for crime, when, actually, statistics present that not solely [the] crime charge has been coming down in our nation, but in addition, immigrants are much less more likely to be — to commit a criminal offense, one, merely due to their worry of being recognized.”
He added that Democrats must “pay attention extra carefully to the wants, aspirations, and hopes of the American folks, primarily working households. We additionally want to handle the Latino neighborhood as a persuasion neighborhood, and never only a goal neighborhood, in order that we are able to put money into ensuring that we’re addressing the financial family wants of all communities in our nation, and never simply come round each two years and anticipate that they’re going to vote with the get together.” And promote good insurance policies.
Ruiz additional said that incumbent events have been shedding internationally as a consequence of inflation.
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