President Trump hosted a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Wednesday at the White House, an event that also underscored the GOP’s hemorrhaging of Hispanic support ahead of the midterm elections.
Mr. Trump talked up his administration’s successes, including that more Hispanic people are working today than at any other time in U.S. history, that the number of Hispanic people in tech jobs increased by 30% this year and that the poverty rate across all demographics reached the lowest level in history.
Standing before a crowd of Hispanic business and religious leaders in the East Room, Mr. Trump also said he is not getting enough credit for the gains made by Hispanic people on his watch.
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“Nobody’s selling it,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re doing an extremely poor job of promotion and an extremely great job of running the country. I think you’re better off … but we’ll get the word out.”
Mr. Trump captured 47% of the Hispanic vote in 2024, a record for a Republican presidential candidate. Hispanic people account for about 15% of the total U.S. voting population.
Now more than 65% of Hispanic voters say they are frustrated with Mr. Trump’s job performance and 78% said they would prefer to see the Democratic Party in control of Congress, according to a recent New York Times/Siena University poll.
An average of several polls conducted by The New York Times found that Democrats led Republicans among Hispanic voters by 35 percentage points, 64-29 on the generic ballot.
The polls revealed that most Hispanic people are angry with Mr. Trump and Republicans over the economy and cost of living.
Mr. Trump urged them to stick with the GOP.
“You got to spread the word about how well we are doing. We have to turn this around,” he urged the crowd.
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