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[0] Hispanic voters are the fastest -growing voter bloc in America.
[1] Are Democrats losing their hold on the once -reliably Democratic voters?
[2] For generations, I think Democrats had a monopoly on minority voters.
[3] But now Democrats felt promises, I think, a polarizing agenda and rising prices that are causing real economic pain are cashing up with them.
[4] They've over -promised and under -delivered for quite a while now.
[5] We examine the implications of a potential Latino shift.
[6] I'm DailyWire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe.
[7] It's Friday, June 10th, and this is Morning Wire.
[8] President Biden signals his support for $10 ,000 worth of student loan forgiveness.
[9] Will voters support absolving hundreds of billions in student debt?
[10] And Democratic mega -donor George Soros has backed dozens of progressive district attorneys.
[11] Now, crime is spiking in the cities where those DAs are in power.
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[21] With midterm elections fast approaching, new data suggests that Democrat candidates are struggling to connect with a voting bloc once firmly in their grip, Hispanic Americans.
[22] Here with more on what's driving the shift and how the Republican Party is making inroads with Hispanic voters is Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips.
[23] Cabot first, can you walk us through the voting trends with Hispanic Americans?
[24] Well, Hispanic voters are the fastest growing voter block in the country.
[25] From 2016 to 2020, we saw a 31 % increase in the number of votes.
[26] votes cast by Hispanic Americans, and they accounted for about 10 % of the electorate in the last presidential race.
[27] Now, historically, they've cited overwhelmingly with Democrats.
[28] In 2012, just 27 % went for Mitt Romney.
[29] And in 2016, it ticked up a bit, but was still just 32 % for Donald Trump.
[30] Then in 2020, we saw a much more noticeable uptick with roughly 40 % of Hispanic voters going for Trump.
[31] So now the question becomes whether 2020 was just a temporary outlier, or if it's a more permanent shift that Republicans can now capitalize on.
[32] Right.
[33] So the obvious question here, why?
[34] What's driving the shift?
[35] Yeah, it's important to remember that Hispanic voters are not a monolithic block.
[36] So their priorities often vary based on age, socioeconomic status, and country of origin.
[37] But there are a few main issues that do seem to be driving the shift.
[38] On that note, I talked to Daniel Garza.
[39] He's the executive director at the Libre Initiative.
[40] Well, look, Biden's no moderate, right?
[41] It turns out, I think he's deferred his agenda.
[42] to the progressive left of the party, and they are wrecking his administration.
[43] And it's causing, of course, this tailspin in inflation that is causing a lot of Latinos to scrape their knees and prayer that they'll make it from one week to the next.
[44] You know, this is a very vocal, aggressive wing of the party, and they are badly out of touch with Latinos.
[45] And I think, you know, with a lot of Americans, you know, Medicare for all massive spending and redistribution schemes, eliminating ISD funding police, you know, all this kind of stuff, right?
[46] There's lots of control at the border, especially.
[47] I think this is causing a lot of pain, and you're seeing a distancing away from that agenda by the Latino community.
[48] The Wall Street Journal recently released a study that looked at thousands of predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods in Texas and Florida and compared their voting preferences between 2016 and 2020.
[49] And if you look closely, 3 ,730 shifted from Democrat to Republican and only 352 shifted from Republican to Democrat.
[50] So there were 10 times as many neighborhoods shifting from Democrat to Republican as the other way around.
[51] In many neighborhoods in South Texas, for example, right along the border, the shift was more than 20 points to the right between 2016 and 2020.
[52] Yeah, keep in mind, this shift occurred within just four years, which is really breakneck speed when it comes to electoral politics.
[53] The same study also looked at Hispanic pockets in other states, and the trend was mirrored in other areas of the country as well.
[54] certainly in Miami, where there's a large Cuban population, but also places like Pennsylvania.
[55] And there is reason to believe that this drastic shift is still on pace now a year into the Biden presidency, that it's not subsiding.
[56] A year ago, for example, Quinnipiac University found that President Biden's approval rating among Hispanic voters was 55 % with just 29 % disapproving.
[57] This month, that same poll found that just 26 % of Hispanic voters approved of Biden, while 60 % disapproved.
[58] Whoa, so the percentages flipped entirely.
[59] Yeah, it really was a drastic reversal.
[60] And that dip in approval of President Biden has really coincided with the reversal in which party Hispanic voters went to see in power.
[61] One poll last month, for example, found that just 34 % wanted Democrats to retain control in the midterms, while 48 % said they'd prefer Republicans.
[62] That 14 % gap among Hispanic voters is the largest on record.
[63] And if you look at the issues that they say are most important to them, poll after poll shows three main things jumping out.
[64] the economy, crime, and immigration.
[65] And those are all issues, as we've talked about on the show, where Democrats and President Biden have struggled to connect with voters.
[66] Garza tells me that the shift among Hispanic voters could grow even more dramatic in the coming years.
[67] I think a lot of Latinos are now politically curious.
[68] And the GOP, they're finding out, is closer to that policy sweet spot where Latinos are, increasing productivity to meet market demand and lower inflation, right?
[69] You do that with this pro -job growth agenda that Republicans have been touting, you know, lessening the tax burden.
[70] So after years of struggling to connect with Hispanic voters, Republicans appear ready to capitalize in 2022.
[71] Yeah, it definitely appears to be an important shift taking place.
[72] Kappet, thanks for the reporting.
[73] Any time.
[74] That's Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips.
[75] Coming up, President Biden considers forgiving hundreds of billions in student loan debt.
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[79] President Biden has signaled that he's willing to forgive up to $10 ,000 in college student loan debt, which would cost taxpayers about $321 billion, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
[80] Here to discuss is Daily Wire contributor, Corinne Murdoch.
[81] So, Corinne, what is the president's plan for absolving all that debt?
[82] Hi, Georgia.
[83] Well, President Joe Biden hasn't divulged any specific plans for absolving all that debt yet.
[84] Several anonymous White House officials told reporters that the plans are ever changing.
[85] The Washington Post reported late last month that individuals making under $150 ,000 would qualify.
[86] Whereas the sources told the Wall Street Journal this past week that individuals making under $125 ,000 would qualify.
[87] So it sounds like there's a lot of confusion surrounding this plan.
[88] Right.
[89] There's a lot of mixed messaging coming out of the White House.
[90] And actually, from what White House officials told reporters, it sounds like the president is still on the fence about forgiving that much debt.
[91] The president is reportedly worried about the effect debt forgiveness would have on inflation.
[92] Keep in mind, this move would be the equivalent of pumping $300 billion into the economy.
[93] But he's also facing growing pressure from progressives to make good on his campaign promises to absolve student debt.
[94] The answer is yes.
[95] That's why I proposed and the House Nancy put it in the plan to immediately provide $10 ,000 in debt relief as stimulus right now.
[96] According to administration officials, an announcement is expected in July or August.
[97] Now, that timeline is important considering that the pause on student loan payments is due to lapse in August.
[98] Is there any news on that front of whether this pause is going to be renewed?
[99] There's no word on that yet, but the pause has been renewed seven in time since it began in March of 2020.
[100] Most recently, it was due to lapse in May, but the president extended it again to August.
[101] If Biden takes no action, then payments will come due right in time for the midterm elections, which he obviously doesn't want.
[102] Now, that isn't to say that the Biden administration hasn't forgiven massive amounts of student debt already.
[103] They did forgive $5 .8 billion in loans just last week.
[104] In that case, the Department of Education discharged all remaining federal student loans associated with campuses owned or operated by Corinthian colleges.
[105] That's a now -defunct higher education company accused of misrepresenting its employment prospects for prospective students.
[106] Vice President Kamala Harris actually prosecuted that same organization when she was California's Attorney General.
[107] Now, there's been a lot of back and forth about the amount of debt they'll forgive.
[108] How did the Biden administration settle on that 10 ,000?
[109] Apparently, Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams, and Senator Raphael Warnock came up with that number.
[110] Washington Post opinion columnist James Homan claimed in an interview that those inside the White House told him that Abrams and Warnock pushed their administration into settling on $10 ,000.
[111] Now, aside from inflation, student debt forgiveness is controversial.
[112] Why is that?
[113] Well, some argue that debt forgiveness is unfair to those who never took out loans, those who paid their loans back, or even the 62 percent of Americans who chose not to go to college or never finish their degrees.
[114] It's also been described as a wealth transfer from the working class to the wealthy because working class people's taxes would go to pay for professional people's education costs.
[115] absolving student debt with taxpayer money also functions like a blank check for universities.
[116] They have been sharply raising tuition rates for decades with little recourse.
[117] Colorado Senator Michael Bennett, a Democrat, expressed some of those concerns in a speech this week.
[118] He also argued that Biden's plan cures symptoms and not the real problems, which he identified as the high cost of tuition and brokenness of the student loan program.
[119] Right, it's a complex problem.
[120] Corinne, thanks so much for reporting.
[121] Thanks so much for having me. That was Daily Wire contributor Corinne Murdoch.
[122] According to a new report, George Soros, the billionaire who invests hundreds of thousands in Democratic candidates' campaigns, has backed dozens of progressive district attorneys in cities where violent crime is now spiking.
[123] Soros has sunk millions into DA races in major cities like Los Angeles in Houston, in some cases providing 90 % of the campaign's dollars.
[124] Daily Wire investigative reporter Mairee Alorty is here with more details for us.
[125] So, Marade, tell us what these numbers look like.
[126] Yeah, so this is a pretty stunning report from the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.
[127] George Soros, who has a net worth of $8 .6 billion as of last year, has backed at least 75 progressive prosecutors who oversee half of the country's biggest cities and counties.
[128] That means these prosecutors preside over more than 72 million people, about a fifth of Americans.
[129] In a slew of races, including in L .A., Houston, Philadelphia, and Orlando, Soros was the campaign's biggest donor by a long shot.
[130] As you noted, in some cases, his contributions made up 90 % of the campaign's dollars.
[131] One notable statistic is that Soros spent $13 million on just 10 district attorney races between 2018 and 2021, right when the country was in the throes of the push for social justice prosecutors.
[132] One of the issues here is that many states don't have contribution limits for city or county candidates, so entities with deep pockets like Soros can flood these races with cash.
[133] So these are progressive prosecutors who ran on criminal justice reform.
[134] How have these policies worked out?
[135] It's hard to find positive statistics on crime in these cities.
[136] After these so -called social justice prosecutors were elected, violent crimes started rising even before the pandemic when crime spiked across the country.
[137] More than 40 % of the about 22 ,500 homicides across the country happened in cities or counties overseen by the Soros -backed DAs.
[138] Some of the policies these progressive prosecutors have adopted.
[139] include getting rid of cash bail, dismissing felony charges, and pushing for lighter sentences, such as sending nonviolent drug offenders to treatment rather than jail.
[140] In many of these areas, residents and police have grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of action on crime, which has had negative effects like destroying businesses in downtown areas and allowing repeat offenders to continue breaking the law.
[141] In addition, a lot of the prosecutors had little to know political or even prosecutorial experience when they got elected.
[142] Well, as you've highlighted, Sauros is a key player in this wave of social justice prosecutors, and a lot of those policies are really proving unpopular with many residents.
[143] Yeah, there's been some pretty strong backlash.
[144] Marade, thanks for reporting.
[145] Thanks, John.
[146] That was Daily Wire investigative reporter, Marade Allorty.
[147] Other stories were tracking this week.
[148] A Democrat majority house passed a series of gun control bills on Wednesday that would ban large -capacity magazines, raise the purchasing age of semi -automatic rifles to 21.
[149] and regulate storage of firearms at private residences, among other measures.
[150] The legislation is unlikely to get 60 votes in the Senate to overcome a filibuster.
[151] Average U .S. gas prices just hit a record high of $486 per gallon.
[152] Ten states' average prices have topped $5, including California, which is now up to $6 .34.
[153] No state's average falls below $4 .28.
[154] And a new CNBC survey of 22 chief finance.
[155] officers found that a majority think that a recession will happen within the first half of next year.
[156] And not a single one of them thinks the economy will be able to avoid a recession.
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