'Racist piece of trash': JD Vance's attack backfires over 'Jose Padilla' gaffe

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1. It ought to. And I hope it opens some eyes

Vance’s crack is straight out of classic right-wing baiting, long-silent, now out in the open. Hopefully it will open some eyes where Latinos not only constitute a large percentage of the population, but a large percentage of the potential voting population.

Vance and his fellow R’s probably don’t have to worry about voter blowback in mostly Euro-American states like Ohio, West Virginia, Iowa, Missouri. and other reddening states. But states like Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and perhaps even Texas, where there are more potential Latino voters than Euro-American voters, making quips like that risk serious voter blowback.

By and large, Latino voters in Texas (the Red Redoubt) have chosen to ignore the strong streak of racism in MAGA Conservatism. They’ve either chosen to sit on the sidelines or even vote for Donald John. There’s no reassurance that their complacency will continue indefinitely if the fruits of MAGA Republicanism keeps getting rubbed in their faces.

That’s 40 electoral votes at stake.