Russell Contreras
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So you definitely tapped into a middle class excitement ethos.
Identify with her.
She went to historic black college.
She went to law school.
That's been aspirational.
I can achieve that.
For a certain segment of our communities, that's out of reach.
If they're struggling with poverty, they're struggling with day-to-day, now it's an us versus them.
And lo and behold, here comes another population, another alternative, Donald Trump and MAGA saying, you're alienated like I am.
I'm going to give you an economic alternative.
And then there's pushback.
You're selling out.
You're this.
Even Obama chastised them.
And all that does is they dig in.
talking about just Latino voters, when you talk to them and you see polling, they will say in polling, yes, I believe Republicans are racist.
But they'll also say Democrats are condescending.
So it's a wash.
So if you've got these two on two sides, they'll say, okay, what else you got?