{"id":2325055,"date":"2024-08-15T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-cites-latino-values-in-historic-opportunity-for-gop-to-win-vote-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:32:02","slug":"ted-cruz-cites-latino-values-in-historic-opportunity-for-gop-to-win-vote-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-cites-latino-values-in-historic-opportunity-for-gop-to-win-vote-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz cites Latino values in \u2018historic opportunity\u2019 for GOP to win vote &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fted-cruz-cites-latino-values-in-historic-opportunity-for-gop-to-win-vote-washington-examiner%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=2325055&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>Ted Cruz, \u2063the Republican Senator from Texas, \u200bhighlighted the alignment of Latino values with the \u2062Republican Party, suggesting this presents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-attempts-to-silence-users-who-doubt-covid-vaccine\/\" title=\"Facebook Attempts to Silence Users Who Doubt Covid Vaccine\">significant opportunity<\/a> for the\u2064 GOP to win Latino votes in the upcoming November elections. He recently\u2062 initiated \u2064a $4.4 million Spanish advertising \u2063campaign to attract support for his bid\u2063 for\u200d a\u2063 third Senate term. Cruz\u2062 emphasized values such as faith, family, \u2062and patriotism, claiming they resonate strongly within the \u2064Latino community. He also pointed out that Hispanics have the highest rates of military enlistment and that many share the ethos of the American dream, \u200csimilar to his father&#8217;s \u200cjourney from Cuba to the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>Cruz criticized the Biden-Harris administration for its\u2064 shortcomings, \u2062asserting\u2064 that Hispanic families are feeling the adverse effects\u2063 of \u2064their policies. He anchored his argument \u2062in the distinctions between legal and illegal immigration, suggesting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">legal immigrants<\/a> feel neglected while illegal immigrants, particularly those who are violent\u2063 criminals, impact their \u2064communities negatively. Cruz\u200b expressed confidence that Latino voters would support him and\u200d former President Donald Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-and-ron-desantis-face-off-for-evangelical-votes-washington-photos-of-the-week\/\" title=\"Trump and DeSantis vie for evangelical support: Weekly Washington snapshots.\">upcoming\u2063 elections<\/a>.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz cites Latino values in &lsquo;historic opportunity&rsquo; for GOP to win vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730885\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) argued the values of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hispanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Latino Americans<\/a> are greatly in line with the Republican Party, which gives lawmakers a major chance to win the voting bloc in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the November elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz launched a $4.4 million Spanish advertising campaign last month that seeks to persuade Latino American voters to support his bid for a third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> term. The Texas senator, whose father is from Cuba, argued his party has a &ldquo;historic opportunity&rdquo; to win over Latino American voters because their values are &ldquo;fundamentally conservative.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You look at the values which resonate in the Latino community: they are faith, they are family, they are patriotism,&rdquo; Cruz said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em> guest-hosted by <em>Fox &amp; Friends Weekend <\/em>co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. &ldquo;A lot don&rsquo;t know the demographic with the highest rate of military enlistment in the United States is Hispanics. And the most powerful ethos, I believe in the Hispanic community, is the American dream, coming here and seeking your freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2549384&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c74fd299e03f2d8e0b5fd9177d98eda8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cruz referenced how his father left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cuba<\/a> for the United States in 1957 and arrived with &ldquo;nothing&rdquo; while washing dishes but was still &ldquo;filled with hopes and dreams.&rdquo; Cruz then argued that Hispanic families are &ldquo;feeling the brunt of the failures&rdquo; of the Biden-Harris administration and predicted they will vote for both him and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas senator then discussed the &ldquo;enormous difference&rdquo; between legal and illegal immigrants in the U.S. and argued legal immigrants have been &ldquo;left out in the cold&rdquo; amid the topic of illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> in the country. One factor many overlook, Cruz claimed, is how many illegal immigrants will go into the communities of legal immigrants, with many of these illegal immigrants being &ldquo;violent criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are seeing every single day Americans being murdered by illegal immigrants that Kamala Harris has released, children being assaulted, women being raped by illegal immigrants that they&rsquo;ve released, and I think that&rsquo;s front and center in the presidential race,&rdquo; Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Polling data released last month found that 63% of Latino American Democrats in May said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3072394\/growing-number-latino-democrats-support-more-control-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>they support more &ldquo;control&rdquo; of the southern border<\/a>, which is up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-tech-companies-have-their-worst-quarter-ever\/\" title=\"Chinese Tech Companies Have Their Worst Quarter Ever\">8 percentage points compared<\/a> to July of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz is set to face Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) in November.<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4768104-texas-senate-race-cruz-allred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Polling data<\/a> shows the Republican senator 3 percentage points ahead of his challenger. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2024\/08\/13\/texas-colin-allred-kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Allred has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> in her 2024 presidential bid against Trump.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730885\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730885\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) emphasized that the values held by Latino Americans align closely with those of the Republican Party, presenting a significant opportunity for the GOP to attract this voting demographic in the upcoming November elections. Last month, Cruz initiated a $4.4 million advertising campaign in Spanish aimed at persuading Latino voters to support his campaign for a third term in the Senate. The Texas senator, whose father emigrated from Cuba, stated that his party has a &#8220;historic opportunity&#8221; to connect with Latino voters due to their &#8220;fundamentally conservative&#8221; values. <\/p>\n<p>Cruz highlighted key values within the Latino community such as faith, family, and patriotism during an appearance on Fox News&#8217;s Jesse Watters Primetime show hosted by Rachel Campos-Duffy. He noted that Hispanics have the highest military enlistment rates in the U.S., and he believes that a strong ethos within this community is centered around pursuing the American dream and seeking freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his father&#8217;s journey from Cuba to America in 1957 with little more than hope and ambition, Cruz argued that Hispanic families are currently suffering due to what he described as failures of the Biden-Harris administration and predicted they would support both him and former President Donald Trump come November.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also discussed what he sees as a stark contrast between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants in America, claiming that legal immigrants have been neglected amid discussions about illegal immigration. He pointed out concerns regarding how illegal immigrants often enter communities of legal residents\u2014many of whom may be violent criminals\u2014and cited instances of crime linked to individuals released by Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling data indicated that 63% of Latino American Democrats expressed support for increased control over border security\u2014a rise from previous years. In November, Cruz will face off against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), with current polls showing him leading by three percentage points over his opponent who has endorsed Vice President Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign against Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2325056,"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\/08\/Ted-Cruz-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38225,38224,32090],"class_list":["post-2325055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop-opportunity","tag-latino-values","tag-ted-cruz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ted-Cruz-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325055","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}