In a random act of journalism, Thursday night's edition of NBC Nightly News ran a segment on the ongoing exodus of Latino voters abandoning the Democrat Party and voting for Republicans. This trend isn't just relegated to Florida Hispanics, as NBC pointed out, there are more voters shifting towards the GOP.
"Less than 50 days until the mid-terms Latino voters are more coveted than ever including right here in battleground Nevada where they're expected to make up 1 out of every 5 voters," correspondent Guad Venegas announced at the top of the report.
Venegas added that Republicans are "optimistic with more Latinos shifting to the GOP in 2020." He then interviewed Washo County resident Sydney Martinez, "who says she's voting Republican this year, blaming Democrats for soaring inflation and a weakening economy."
Martinez in a soundbite from the interview told NBC "I have to pay more to fill my tank, and I don't have enough to feed my family. That's not a political issue. That is a survival issue."
"Republicans proudly tout Mayra Flores, a Latino Republican who recently won a Democratic-held House seat in largely Hispanic south Texas," Venegas added.
He then noted that "In Nevada, the race for Senate is a toss-up. Democrats' hopes resting on incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto, the only Latina ever elected to the Senate."
Turning to endangered Democrat incumbent SenatorCortez Masto, Venegas actually asked her "why are more Latinos preferring the Republicans now? What is happening in Nevada?"
In response, Cortez Masto played dumb and pretended to not know the backlash in the Hispanic demographic against Democrats: "I can only tell you what I know in Nevada and the Latinos I talk to may be different than the Latinos you're talking to. Is that they're looking for somebody that understands the challenges that they're facing, is going to fight for them."
Credit to NBC News for covering the Democrat Party's worsening problems with Hispanic voters due to their economic failures and insistence on imposing their woke transgender ideology on the country instead of covering it up like they normally do.
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NBC Nightly News
9/22/2022
7:21:12 p.m. EasternLESTER HOLT: Back now with the power of the vote. With the mid-terms fast approaching there's a battle heating up for the crucial Latino vote, which has been shifting. Guad Venegas reports from the key swing state of Nevada.
GUAD VENEGAS: Less than 50 days until the mid-terms Latino voters are more coveted than ever including right here in battleground Nevada where they're expected to make up 1 out of every 5 voters. Republicans optimistic with more Latinos shifting to the GOP in 2020. Washo County resident Sydney Martinez says she's voting Republican this year, blaming Democrats for soaring inflation and a weakening economy.
SYDNEY MARTINEZ: I have to pay more to fill my tank, and I don't have enough to feed my family. That's not a political issue. That is a survival issue.
VENEGAS: Republicans proudly tout Mayra Flores, a Latino Republican who recently won a Democratic-held House seat in largely Hispanic south Texas.
Jesus Marques is organizing Latinos behind GOP Senate candidate Adam Laxalt.
JESUS MARQUES: Latinos are mad. They’re angry at the Democratic Party.
VENEGAS: Though Republicans still have their work cut out for them. One poll showing Democrats lead by 24 points nationally among Hispanic voters, economic issues their top voting concern. In Nevada, the race for Senate is a toss-up. Democrats' hopes resting on incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto, the only Latina ever elected to the Senate. Why are more Latinos preferring the Republicans now? What is happening in Nevada?
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO: I can only tell you what I know in Nevada and the Latinos I talk to may be different than the Latinos you're talking to. Is that they're looking for somebody that understands the challenges that they're facing, is going to fight for them.
VENEGAS: And Democrats in Nevada can count on the backing of a key union. Here in Nevada canvassers with the culinary workers union are going out into the neighborhood to talk with registered voters including Latinos about the midterm elections. They plan to knock on over 1 million doors statewide before election day. Democrat union member Joleen Reyes helped canvas in the 90-degree heat.
JOLEEN REYES: If the Republicans get into office they're going to overturn our rights in the state. Which we've always had our rights as females to do what we want with our bodies.
VENEGAS: Yet the GOP only needs just a small shift among Latinos to make big midterm gains. Tonight all eyes set on the Latino vote. Guad Venegas NBC News, Las Vegas.
