{"id":2268119,"date":"2024-06-14T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-steps-up-ground-game-to-woo-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T18:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:01:41","slug":"trump-steps-up-ground-game-to-woo-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-steps-up-ground-game-to-woo-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump intensifies efforts to attract Latino voters in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftrump-steps-up-ground-game-to-woo-latino-voters-in-pennsylvania%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=2268119&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>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-anti-israel-activist-heading-to-biden-state-dept\/\" title=\"Report:\u00a0Anti-Israel Activist Heading to Biden State Dept\">campaign team<\/a> has opened\u200d their\u200c first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-report-warned-of-extremist-plot-to-attack-congress-on-january-6-but-capitol-security-was-not-increased-to-meet-threat\/\" title=\"FBI Report Warned of Extremist Plot to Attack Congress on January 6, But Capitol Security Was Not Increased to Meet Threat\">field office<\/a> in Reading, Pennsylvania, aiming to attract Latino voters. At the opening event,\u2064 which saw about 50 attendees, notable\u200d figures included Republican\u2064 U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick and former Puerto Rico governor Luis Fortuno. Located 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia,\u2062 Reading has a population of 95,000, \u200c67% of whom are Latino, \u2064representing the city with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraudulent-election-trump-won-more-blacks-latinos-gays-and-a-sizeable-shift-to-trump-by-immigrant-populations-in-2020-election-but-beijing-biden-won\/\" title=\"FRAUDULENT ELECTION: Trump Won More Blacks, Latinos, Gays and a \u201cSizeable\u201d Shift to Trump by Immigrant Populations in 2020 Election \u2014 But Beijing Biden Won?\">highest percentage<\/a> of Latino residents in the \u200carea.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s campaign team opened its first field office in Reading, Pennsylvania,\u00a0focused on winning over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Latino<\/a> voters.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump\u2019s team held an event celebrating the opening of the new office.\u00a0In attendance were around 50 people, Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick, and former governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuno.<\/p>\n<p>Reading is located 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia and is home to 95,000 people. According to the U.S. Census, 67% of the population is Latino \u2014 making it the city with the highest Latino population in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Only two other cities in Pennsylvania have a Latino population above 50%, and they are within a two-hour drive of Reading. <\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing state<\/a> that both President Joe Biden and Trump are fighting for. In 2020, Trump lost to Biden by just over 1% of the vote, but in Berks County, where the newly created Republican National Committee field office is, Trump beat Biden by almost 17,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Polling shows that Latino support for Biden had dropped. In a head-to-head matchup, <a href=\"https:\/\/votolatino.org\/media\/press-releases\/icymi-voto-latino-co-founder-and-president-maria-teresa-kumar-joins-morning-joe-to-unveil-the-largest-poll-of-swing-state-latino-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden leads Trump among swing-state Latinos<\/a> by 59% to 39%, according to polling conducted through April and May. According to a 2020 exit poll in Pennsylvania, 69% of Hispanic\/Latino voters supported Biden while 27% supported Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublican values are very much aligned with many in the Latino community,\u201d McCormick told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially the idea of creating an economy and creating an environment that allows people to pursue the American dream. Industrious and hard-working, they want the best thing for their children and an economy where small businesses can prosper and create jobs and where they can raise their kids in communities that are safe. I think that lines up very well with the principles of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Reading field office opened up a week after the first GOP office opened in northeast Philadelphia. The opening event was focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a> and included\u00a0Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt and other\u00a0black Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign has already opened 24 field offices across the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign launched its inaugural field office in Reading, Pennsylvania, targeting Latino voters. The opening event on Wednesday featured around 50 attendees, including Republican Senate candidate David McCormick and ex-Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2268120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22035798411527.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22035798411527.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268119","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}