Not content being banished to the wasteland of a post-midnight time slot, the hack journalists at Nightline on Tuesday strove for relevance by featuring far-left comedian George Lopez smearing Trump-voting Latinos. He seethed at “self-loathing” people who have forgotten where they come from. Lopez is campaigning for Joe Biden and attempting to get Hispanics to vote Democrat. How extreme is he? In the past, he jokingly offered to assassinate Trump. That, of course, was never mentioned on Nightline.
Reporter Jim Avila instead wondered why some Latinos would even consider voting for Trump: “Latinos that are voting are listening, at least, to voting for Trump. Why is that?” Smearing anyone who would dare think differently, Lopez trashed: “You’re going to get Latinos that are going to be Trumpers because of their self-loathing of their own community and not being reminded where they come from. The minute you start to have a good life, you don’t want to be reminded of that life.”
No objection at all from Avila to this vile attack. The journalist then assisted with Democratic talking points, “In Florida, the Latino electorate is dominated by the Cuban refugee population who listened to Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are socialists.”
Unsubstantiated? Is that why an aide to the socialist Bernie Sanders claimed victory over the 2020 Democratic Party agenda and platform of Biden/Harris? From Fox News in August:
Former longtime Sanders aide and adviser Phil Fiermonte emphasized, “Bernie’s agenda has won the day. There’s no question in my mind that the future of the Democratic Party is a progressive future.”
ABC played a clip of one of those presumably self-hating Hispanics that Lopez describes, Ramon Delgado of Florida: "I'm voting for Donald Trump because I believe he's the best for America. I believe socialism and communism is the same. I’m from Cuba. Forty two years ago."
In January, responding to a tweet about Iran possibly putting a bounty on Trump’s head, Lopez spat: “We’ll do it for half.” That never came up in the Nightline segment. Instead, Avila tried to pretend that the comic was just now getting political, saying his “father-next-door image” was shifting.
But this is the same guy who, in 2011, said that then-Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was “white” on the inside. This is the same person who, the same year, threatened to move to Canada if Sarah Palin became president.
Is Lopez controversial? Not on ABC. Instead Avila spun the hateful star as promoting love.
LOPEZ: I just want people to take better care of themselves. Don't take your health for granted. Don't take any day for granted. Don't take the science for granted.
AVILA: And a determination during this life-changing election to stand up for his people, because as he says he's George Lopez --
LOPEZ: I love my community, I love Latino people all over the world.
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Nightline
10/27/2020 (10/28/2020 on east coast)
12:40 AM ET
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JIM AVILA: George Lopez is back at his Los Angeles elementary school where the auditorium he first performed in is named after him, a humble start for the man who would go on to lead his own ABC sitcom also bearing his name.
[Clip of George Lopez show.]
AVILA: But now he's changing that father-next-door image. He's no longer the George Lopzez you thought you knew. His slicked-back dark hair, today pandemic white. And now bringing a harder, more political edge, performing standup specials on HBO and Netflix with titles like The Wall and We’ll Do It For Half.
GEORGE LOPEZ: As long as George Lopez is alive, I promise you, I will never, ever let anyone disparage Latinos or Mexicans, as long as I'm alive.
AVILA: You strike an attitude.
LOPEZ: On the stage, yeah.
AVILA: What changed, in your mind, that changed your act a little bit?
LOPEZ: The simple answer would be Donald Trump. When you have a guy who announces his candidacy for president by calling Latinos rapists and criminals and drug dealers, Nobody's covering what we're going through. It's not going to be Bill Maher. It's not going to be anybody, Chris rock. It's not going to be Chappelle. They're talking about their culture. If I don't talk about mine, there's nobody talking about it, whether you like it or not. But I'm George Lopez, and I must. I think I have to.
AVILA: Do you think the conditions and the times we're in are going to motivate the Latino voter more than it has in the past?
LOPEZ: Well, you know, Jim, if it doesn't, man, I'm not sure what will.
AVILA: So Lopez is ow working to get out the vote.
LOPEZ: Joe Biden is fantastic. Joe Biden is a great dude.
AVILA: Helping the Biden campaign. And joining Latino organizations to reach some of the toughest voters to bring out, Latino males. Fewer than half of eligible Latino voters turned out in the last presidential election. 28 percent voted for President trump. Some responding to this message on the economy.
DONALD TRUMP: We had the most successful economy we've ever had. We never had an economy -- African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American, women --
AVILA: Latinos that are voting are listening, at least, to voting for Trump. Why is that?
LOPEZ: You’re going to get Latinos that are going to be Trumpers because of their self-loathing of their own community, and not being reminded where they come from. The minute you start to have a good life, you don’t want to be reminded of that life.
AVILA: In Florida, the Latino electorate is dominated by the Cuban refugee population who listened to Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that Joe Biden and kamala Harris are socialists.
TRUMP: These people are crazy. It's now the party of socialists, Marxists, and left-wing extremists.
RAMON DELGADO (Trump supporter): I'm voting for Donald Trump because I believe he's the best for America. I believe socialism and communism is the same. I’m from Cuba. Forty two years ago.
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LOPEZ: I just want people to take better care of themselves. Don't take your health for granted. Don't take any day for granted. Don't take the science for granted.
AVILA: And a determination during this life-changing election to stand up for his people, because if he says he's George Lopez --
LOPEZ: I love my community, I love Latino people all over the world.
AVILA: For Nightline, I’m Jim Avila in Los Angeles.
