Daniel Garza speaks on factors impacting the Latino vote
November 18, 2024
When pastor Samuel Rodriguez thinks of Donald Trump’s appeal among Hispanic and Latino men, one phrase comes to mind: Fight, fight, fight.
It’s the chant Trump led rallygoers in at Butler, Pennsylvania, after the near miss of an assassin’s bullet.
Rodriguez, the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, has supported Trump in the past three presidential races and prayed at his inauguration. But this year, he saw more Hispanic Christian men take his side.
“I can’t deny the fact that the bro factor … was there,” said Rodriguez, who pastors New Season church in Sacramento, California. “It has to do with a man who was down, literally down, bleeding in front of the entire world, and he gets up.”
After the assassination attempt, Rodriguez met with a Hispanic pastor who had voted for President Joe Biden in 2020. This time, the pastor told Rodriguez he’d support Trump. According to Rodriguez, the pastor was persuaded by memories of the economy under the Trump administration, plus sheer admiration for the way the Republican candidate handled the shooting. “I’m all in,” he said…