Off today (until tonight) but had to write about the CBS poll measuring agreement with Trump's extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/15/trump-poisoning-blood-immigration-polling/

@pbump Another reminder than more than 70 million voted for Trump on 2020. Whether they consider themselves racist or not doesn’t matter, vote for Adolf, become a Nazi.

@pablor @pbump i can’t stand trump, but this is a bad way to look at things. for example, a new mexico-based immigration lawyer friend told me many of his immigrant clients were trump supporters, which baffled him at first. it’s not because they were racist against themselves, which seems to be what you’re claiming

@sabbatical @pbump Latinos can be both right wingers and/or racists. Yes, even against their own. If you have any doubts, ask any Latino/a of dark skin, Afro Cubans, descendants of indigenous people. This is just everyday reality for many Latinos.

@pablor @pbump won’t disagree, but that doesn’t mean that’s the only reason any latinos or POC support trump. plenty of genuine people think biden is even more evil for non-racist reasons. not agreeing with them either, but am certain it’s not just hidden self-loathing at play

@sabbatical @pbump I’m not saying that racism is the only reason they support Trump. I also didn’t say anything about self-loathing. Latinos come in many different shades, so lighter skin to darker skin racism is fairly common.

@pablor @pbump hm, ok — i thought your original reply *was* equating supporting trump with being racist. if not, maybe we see things more alike than i thought