Lulu Garcia Navarro
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2,001 appearances
28 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 13 Jun
Lulu Garcia Navarro’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I mean, I think one of the difficulties maybe for Democrats is that what you're describing is more traditional values, right? But people vote on value. But are you saying that Democrats should recognize that people want more traditional gender roles?
Be less afraid of that? No.
Hmm. You know, after the midterms in 2022, when Democrats did better than expected, many Democrats, and you included, seemed to take away that there wasn't this rightward shift among the Latino community. In fact, you said, and I'm quoting your reporters, we're talking about realignment. There's no effing realignment.
That's not the word you used. Why did you get it wrong?
I was actually shocked to learn that President Trump was the first sitting president to go to a Super Bowl game.
I want to turn to the subject of class. I interviewed J.D. Vance before the election. And, you know, even though your politics are obviously very different than his, your backgrounds do share similar traits. Working class, raised by single mothers, military service in Iraq, went to the Ivy League. And that story of class transition does seem to resonate with voters.
Something I really struggle to reconcile is On the one hand, you have voters saying that the economy and inflation are their top issues, and they feel the pain of price increases, which is completely understandable. On the other hand, under Trump, we now have the richest cabinet in modern history. The world's richest person is gutting the federal government.
Yet polls show the president starting his second term with higher approval ratings than when he began his first term. Mm-hmm. And it sends this confusing message about what the electorate actually wants. You have class as a central part of your story. So why don't you think it's a confusing message?
So the Democratic message among some Democrats have sort of eat the rich, right? Right.
That's not the right message.
So Elon Musk, Donald Trump, are these the people who have actually figured out how to connect with the working class? Yes, yeah.
They're salesmen, essentially.
And they understand who the client is.
After the break, I asked Senator Gallego about a contentious issue where he's challenged his party, immigration.
I want to ask you specifically about immigration, which was one of the central issues of the election, as we mentioned, and one that really hurt Democrats. I'm curious how your own story affects your view of the immigration debate. Your parents emigrated from Colombia and Mexico. What was your family's experience with the immigration system?
As senator, your first vote was for the Lake and Riley Act. You were one of two Democratic co-sponsors of the bill, the other one being John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Many in the immigrant advocacy community were, shall we say, unhappy with that position. They have criticized the law. They say it raises due process concerns for immigrants.
Another big concern is that it will give states more control over immigration policy, essentially gutting federal authority over that. What was your thinking behind voting for the Lincoln-Raleigh Act?
This bill does seem to want to change the nature of how immigration is done in this country. And writ large, the architect of this administration's immigration policies is Stephen Miller, who in the past has promoted hardline views by citing the work of white nationalist websites. And that's according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
There does seem to be a strain in this administration that does want to change the makeup of this country.
Do you worry that voters' legitimate concerns about our immigration system are being weaponized for ideological ends?
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