America Ferrera Thanks Donald Trump for Energizing Latino Voters: ‘No Chance of You Ever Winning This Election’
While most are slamming Donald Trump for calling Mexican immigrants criminals and “rapists,” actress America Ferrera is thanking him.
“You
see, what you just did with your straight talk was send more Latino
voters to the polls than several registration rallies combined! Thank
you for that,” Ferrerra wrote in a guest blog for the Huffington Post.
“Here
we are pounding the pavement to get American Latinos to the polls,
while your tactic proves most effective,” she continued. “Remarks like
yours will serve brilliantly to energize Latino voters and increase
turnout on election day against you and any other candidate who runs on a
platform of hateful rhetoric.”
Ferrera
also reminded Trump that the US Latino population has exploded in
recent years, with a 49 percent increase between 2000 and 2012. “I hope
by now you understand that without the Latino vote, there is no chance
of you ever winning this election. If you don’t believe me, you could
ask President Bush or you could even ask President Obama,” she wrote.
“You,
Mr. Trump, are living in an outdated fantasy of a bigoted America,” the
“Ugly Betty” star added. She then referenced the recent Supreme Court
decisions legalizing gay marriage and upholding the Affordable Care Act,
as well as renewed debate around the Confederate flag, as proof that
the tide is turning in America.
She ended her piece by reminding Trump that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants and that Latinos are simply the next wave.
“No,
Mr. Trump, you may not reduce us to drug dealers and rapists,” she
concluded. “We are moms and dads, sons and daughters. We are
valedictorians and honor students. We are college graduates, bankers,
police officers, entertainers, teachers, journalists, politicians and we
are the future of America.”
No comments:
Post a Comment