How the Latino shift to Democrats helped turn Texas blue
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[0:00] As we've heard tonight, a major factor in last night's victories
[0:02] with the number of Latino voters who headed to the polls and supported
[0:06] Democrats. For a perspective on this massive swing, we turn now to
[0:09] Maria Teresa Kumar. She's CEO of Voto Latino, that's an organization
[0:14] that helps register Hispanic and Latino voters. Good to see you.
[0:17] Thanks for being here. Thanks for having us. So Amy mentioned earlier,
[0:20] of course, that there was a shift we saw from 2024 to 2026. We should
[0:24] also just say to be clear, Latinos are not a monolith, but how do
[0:28] you look at that and what's behind the
[0:29] people who backed Trump in 24 and went Democrat Democratic in 2016.
[0:34] So you know, it's folks are absolutely right. Latinos are not a monolith
[0:37] until you come for our families.
[0:39] And that's basically what we saw last night. It was a repudi