I am a proud, first-generation, college-educated, gay Mexican American with undocumented family in the United States, including a mother who was once deported to Mexico, and I experienced homelessness when I was a child. I’m everything the Democrats claim to support, right?
Fake.
Democrats have accepted a progressive agenda, ignoring decades of change and focusing on the wrong issues. They built their campaigns on a foundation of deceptive tunes and false vibrations.
Voting for Donald Trump does not make me racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobic or any other “ist” and “ic” I have been called. Like more than half of American voters, I’m tired of seeing the self-righteous, label-obsessed left alienate us over differing opinions.
In her concession speech, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed to have built strong coalitions. What she did was the opposite. She did not sufficiently motivate black voters, Latino voters, Asian voters, Jewish voters, union voters, and women voters to vote for her. Fewer women voted for Harris than for Joe Biden, even though abortion is a major issue. Until the end, Harris ignored the data; she ignored what voters needed.
The party has spent the last four years demonizing men and blaming us for all of society’s ills. Then they spent several months drinking beer, breaking out camo hats, and trying to “like” guns to desperately win our votes. Ancient President Barack Obama noticed that black men weren’t falling in line, so he resorted to shaming his “brothers,” essentially saying they were sexist, even though black men supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 .
Which brings us to Latinos. Democrats, we are neither Latinx nor Latina; we are Latinos and Latinas. Stop trying to change our language and culture. The Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous handling of the southern border was a top issue for most Americans. Americans in Chicago and across the United States saw how veterans and other homeless and needy citizens suffered as local governments spent billions on newly arrived migrants. Americans watched as Trump secured the border without any approval from Congress.
Seeing my undocumented family members, who have been in the United States for more than 20 years, work, pay taxes, and buy their own homes without any benefits, then seeing millions of new migrants avoid the lines thanks to government-funded aid, has only inflamed me and other Latinos like me. When my mother came to America as a single mother of two children, she received no benefits. This election has become personal. It was about my family!
My concerns go beyond simple immigration. I am a Mexican American born in the United States. We are the youngest demographic in the United States. What matters to me and many Latinos like me is getting a job, paying the cost of living, buying a house, growing up and supporting our families, and making sure that the American dream is achievable and still alive. Over the past four years, this has become more difficult. If you think it hasn’t been or haven’t felt it, consider yourself blessed. This situation has clearly upset many other Latinos who have broken with their generational loyalty to Democrats.
It was also enriching to hear Democratic leaders such as Michelle Obama, whose personal worth is said to be in the tens of millions, assert that the rich take more than their fair share. She was sandwiched between billionaire Governor JB Pritzker and Oprah Winfrey at the DNC in Chicago. Pritzker even taunted Trump for not being a “real billionaire,” which was extremely irrelevant. Billionaire Mark Cuban also participated in Harris’ election campaign. Billionaire and megastar Taylor Swift, who endorsed Harris, has at least graciously encouraged everyone to do their own research, which I greatly respect. Compare that to the Republican National Convention, where Trump asked ordinary people to talk about the experiences that worry most of us: the cost of groceries, security, jobs and the border crisis.
Democrats, please look into your hearts again. Your progressive policies are destroying your own base. Even in Chicago, Trump gained ground in Latino neighborhoodsand he lost in Illinois by just 9 percentage points. Chicago and Illinois are supposedly a deeply blue city and state, respectively. It was a message to Democrats; they must listen.
At a recent press conference in response to the election, Pritzker told Trump: “You come for my people, you come through me. » Governor, transfer that energy to the criminals who are holding Illinoisans at gunpoint, committing break-ins, stealing cars in record numbers, and committing homicides, home invasions, robberies, and more. even more. Where has this protection been over the past four years?
If Pritzker doesn’t change his message, he won’t fare well in his other political aspirations.
I am very proud to be a Christian and gay Mexican American who voted for Trump. No, I don’t hate myself. With Republicans poised to win the White House, Senate and House of Representatives after securing a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, Democrats desperately need to answer the 2 a.m. wake-up call that Clinton never responded. The political pendulum will swing again towards the Democrats. It’s inevitable. One-party rule is never ideal for America. We like compromise and we need compromise.
In this election, voters canceled the revival of the far left. Right now, the person who cares for us, who listens to us – ordinary people – where we can see it and feel it, is the future 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
J. Marcos Peterson is a Chicagoland native, Latino of Mexican descent, and LGBTQ+ leader. His career, from the public to the private sector, is defined by his commitment to driving impactful change across all sectors through strategic and positive influence.
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