"I just want to ask you to get out and vote," Trump said.
Donald Trump is now asking Hispanic voters to rescue Republicans in the midterms, and he concedes his own border policy can hurt the party's chances with them. That's the headline on the New York Post's coverage, credited to Emily Goodin.
The recap: we already flagged the GOP's push to hold Hispanic and Latino support that has trended toward Trump in recent cycles. The new part is the president saying the quiet part about immigration.
"You're an unbelievable special group of people," Trump said. "You've been with me right from the beginning." The source excerpt does not include his full remarks on the border, so we are not characterizing them beyond the Post's framing that he admitted the policy can hurt Republicans.
The Post's coverage lays out the economic backdrop. It says Hispanic and Latino households spend an average of 3.93% of income on fuel, compared with 2.40% for non-Hispanic white Americans, mainly because of blue-collar jobs in construction and other driving-heavy industries.
Immigrants also carry a lot of the economy. The Post cites the Joint Center for Housing Studies, which puts foreign-born workers at roughly 34% of construction trades, and over 50% in California, New Jersey and Texas.
The Post says that mix of economic dissatisfaction, gas prices and the immigration crackdown could feed a Democratic wave in the November midterms. In the House, Democrats need only four seats to take the majority.
The Post quotes Madrid, identified in the excerpt by surname only, who blames the president's policies. "All of this is self-inflicted — as a result of the policies the president's pursuing," Madrid said. "Latinos know this; most will vote Democrat and some will stay home."
That is one commentator's prediction, not a result. Nobody has voted yet.
The ask is simple: turn out. The deadline is the November midterms, and Democrats need four House seats.