{"id":1076246,"date":"2021-12-02T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076246"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:44:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:44:36","slug":"d-c-mayors-former-spokesman-bidens-immigration-crisis-economy-turned-me-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayors-former-spokesman-bidens-immigration-crisis-economy-turned-me-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Mayor\u2019s Former Spokesman: Biden\u2019s Immigration Crisis, Economy Turned Me Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-mayors-former-spokesman-bidens-immigration-crisis-economy-turned-me-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Wednesday night, Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l1IVOiq2C3c\">interviewed<\/a> Victor Jimenez, a former Democratic activist and ex-spokesman for Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser. Jimenez recently <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/latino\/jorge-bonilla\/2021\/11\/05\/shock-video-latino-media-actually-aired-biden-made-me\">gained national attention after telling Telemundo<\/a> he was switching parties, voting for Virginia\u2019s GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, and that everything under Biden was \u201cterrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d Jimenez delved more into his reasoning behind leaving the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I switched parties is because of everything that\u2019s going on in the country right now,\u201d Jimenez told the host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see immigration through the roof right now. And that\u2019s affecting a lot of&nbsp; Hispanic families in my home state of Virginia and those people who are already struggling with making ends meet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the southern border, we have thousands of people who are just waiting there. And I\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t have good people trying to come into the country with good intentions, but we also have bad people coming into the country with bad intentions\u2026people with illegal guns, with illegal drugs, and people who are running from their law enforcement in their country,\u201d Jimenez said. \u201cSo we don\u2019t know exactly what they are doing here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo those reasons and more, made me switch parties,\u201d Jimenez added..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is completely destroying the economy right now and people can feel it in their pockets and in their communities with increased violence and increased crime. And people especially in Hispanic communities can feel it,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker interjected that the White House\u2019s assumption is \u201canybody who speaks Spanish is for open borders, but that doesn\u2019t seem to be true at all?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, me for example \u2014 being Hispanic and also black \u2014 I should be Democrat by default,\u201d Jimenez responded. \u201cBut I am going against their narrative and I feel like right now everything is crumbling for the Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw in Virginia a couple of weeks ago the beginning of the end with the victory of Glenn Youngkin \u2014 [whom] I voted for. I feel like in 2022, we\u2019re going to see more of that,\u201d the guest opined.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez\u2019s prediction is also backed by polling.<\/p>\n<p>FiveThirtyEight recently <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/biden-has-lost-support-across-all-groups-of-americans-but-especially-independents-and-hispanics\/\">noted<\/a> that while Biden has lost ground with all Americans, the declining support amongst independents and Hispanic voters should be particularly troubling for Democrats:<\/p>\n<p><em>Biden has lost ground among almost every single demographic group over the past few months, but independents and Hispanics stick out as two key groups where Biden\u2019s standing has especially faltered. For Democrats looking ahead to the 2022 midterms,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/why-democrats-in-congress-need-bidens-approval-rating-to-stay-in-the-mid-50s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s overall approval rating is concerning enough<\/a>, but if Biden is struggling to win independents and Hispanics, that could snuff out any hope Democrats have of holding either chamber of Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The full interview can be watched here:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IMPACT for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRCLatino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MRCLatino<\/a> \u2014 After video of his interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelemundoNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TelemundoNews<\/a> about supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlennYoungkin<\/a> went VIRAL thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRCLatino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MRCLatino<\/a> and Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BonillaJL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BonillaJL<\/a>, former Muriel Bowser spokesman Victor Jimenez spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tucker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tucker<\/a> about why he left the Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f2uVUFUmKc\">pic.twitter.com\/f2uVUFUmKc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1466226369789333506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson interviewed Victor Jimenez, a former Democratic activist and ex-spokesman for Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser. Jimenez recently gained national attention after telling Telemundo he was switching parties, voting for Virginia\u2019s GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, and that everything under Biden was \u201cterrible.\u201dOn \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d Jimenez delved more into his reasoning behind leaving the Democratic Party.\u201cThe reason I switched parties is because of everything that\u2019s going on in the country right now,\u201d Jimenez told the host.\u201cWe see immigration through the roof right now. And that\u2019s affecting a lot of\u00a0 Hispanic families in my home state of Virginia and those people who are already struggling with making ends meet,\u201d he added.\u201cIf you look at the southern border, we have thousands of people who are just waiting there. And I\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t have good people trying to come into the country with good intentions, but we also have bad people coming into the country with bad intentions\u2026people with illegal guns, with illegal drugs, and people who are running from their law enforcement in their country,\u201d Jimenez said. \u201cSo we don\u2019t know exactly what they are doing here.\u201d\u201cSo those reasons and more, made me switch parties,\u201d Jimenez added..\u201cBiden is completely destroying the economy right now and people can feel it in their pockets and in their communities with increased violence and increased crime. And people especially in Hispanic communities can feel it,\u201d he continued.Tucker interjected that the White House\u2019s assumption is \u201canybody who speaks Spanish is for open borders, but that doesn\u2019t seem to be true at all?\u201d\u201cNo, me for example \u2014 being Hispanic and also black \u2014 I should be Democrat by default,\u201d Jimenez responded. \u201cBut I am going against their narrative and I feel like right now everything is crumbling for the Democrats.\u201d\u201cWe saw in Virginia a couple of weeks ago the beginning of the end with the victory of Glenn Youngkin \u2014 [whom] I voted for. I feel like in 2022, we\u2019re going to see more of that,\u201d the guest opined.Jimenez\u2019s prediction is also backed by polling.FiveThirtyEight recently noted that while Biden has lost ground with all Americans, the declining support amongst independents and Hispanic voters should be particularly troubling for Democrats:Biden has lost ground among almost every single demographic group over the past few months, but independents and Hispanics stick out as two key groups where Biden\u2019s standing has especially faltered. For Democrats looking ahead to the 2022 midterms,\u00a0Biden\u2019s overall approval rating is concerning enough, but if Biden is struggling to win independents and Hispanics, that could snuff out any hope Democrats have of holding either chamber of Congress.The full interview can be watched here:IMPACT for @MRCLatino \u2014 After video of his interview with @TelemundoNews about supporting @GlennYoungkin went VIRAL thanks to @MRCLatino and Director @BonillaJL, former Muriel Bowser spokesman Victor Jimenez spoke to #Tucker about why he left the Democratic Party pic.twitter.com\/f2uVUFUmKc\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 2, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}