1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: We often hear that, like, you know, you guys are 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: the future, you guys are tomorrow's leaders. But we disagree. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: We think we are today leaders. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: We are at the moment right now. 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: Oh gosh, young people are this wing voters a selection. 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: They're smart young people. 7 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 3: We're integrated into social media. 8 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: But there's millions of generations let's just don't. 9 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 3: Vote, And especially when it comes to young Latinos. 10 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 4: They are representing a larger portion of this emerging American electorate. 11 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 5: When that generation starts voting in their numbers, we're going 12 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 5: to see an abrupt. 13 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: Change, change that people are seeking. 14 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 6: This is our country, the land of opportunities, where anything 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 6: is possible. 16 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 4: And we want it back. 17 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 7: From futuro media and PRX. It's Latino Usa. I'm Maria 18 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 7: ino Hosa today. How young Latino voters are showing up 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 7: for the twenty twenty four presidential election, and two young 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 7: Latinos who have been handled by the parties to get 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 7: out the youth vote. This story is part of our 22 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 7: special election coverage, the Latino Factor. How we Vote. As 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 7: we get to the very end of the twenty twenty 24 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 7: four political campaign cycle and votes across the country already 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 7: begin to cast their ballots for president. 26 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 4: I wanted to make sure my vote was going to count. 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 7: Campaigns are going to get concrete evidence of what strategies 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 7: worked and what flocked. And this election is a landmark 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 7: moment because seventeen and a half million Latino voters are 30 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 7: expected to turn out, and one out of every five 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 7: will be voting for the very first time. 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 8: This is my first election. 33 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 7: I'm very excited, and both the Harris and Trump campaigns 34 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 7: are going to see if they've made inroads with one 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 7: of the most consequential and emerging electorates, young and Latina voters. 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 7: Our producer, Monica Morades Garcia has been on the ground 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 7: in California and traveling throughout the country virtually speaking with 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 7: young Latino voters, and Monica is here with me. 39 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 8: Now, Hey Monica, Hey Maria. 40 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 7: So Monica, you're based in southern California and you've been 41 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 7: looking into how both campaigns Trump and Harris are working 42 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 7: to make gains among young voters. So tell us a 43 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 7: little bit more about how they're doing this very specifically. 44 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, for sure. To start, both campaigns are using the 45 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 8: tried and true techniques of organizers on the ground. You know, 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 8: typical stuff, door knocking, tabling, putting on rallies. And when 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 8: I hung out with young Democrats organizing in California, they 48 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 8: were excited to vote for their candidate. 49 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: Really excited have Kamala be on the ticket. 50 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 8: I think people of color one is someone that looks 51 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 8: like them. And also young Republicans organizing, they were pumped. 52 00:02:53,760 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 8: I'ms funny for sure, and booth campaigns are facing similar issue. 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 8: Only about half of young eligible voters actually end up voting, 54 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 8: and that's a high turnout. So in order to get 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 8: the vote out, both campaigns have joined social media sites 56 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 8: like TikTok, a platform that nearly fifty percent of all 57 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 8: Latino adults use. 58 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 3: What do you have to say to the American people? 59 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 9: We are not going back. 60 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 8: The president is now on TikTok. 61 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say TikTok. 62 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 7: So anyone who's running a campaign at this point who 63 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 7: wants to reach young people, you kind of have to 64 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 7: talk to influencers. 65 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 8: Right, one hundred percent, And this call is coming from 66 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 8: inside the house because both Democrats and Republicans have handpicked 67 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 8: young people to be the campaign's face online and on 68 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 8: the ground in key battleground states. 69 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 7: So they're reaching out to both parties. But what we 70 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 7: do know is that historically young voters have leaned for 71 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 7: the Democrats. How much gain has there been with the 72 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 7: Republican Party to reach these young Latino and Latino voters. 73 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 8: Well, that's the thing, Maria. Latinos in the US are 74 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 8: relatively young, and while for decades Latino voters have favored 75 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 8: Democratic candidates in presidential elections, the margins have varied in support. Actually, 76 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 8: thirty seven percent of young Latinos say that the current 77 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 8: president and the Democratic Party doesn't care about the Latino community. 78 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 8: This is according to the Brookings Institute, and that sort 79 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 8: of jadedness among young Latinos that gives the Republican Party 80 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 8: a slight edge because the Trump campaign they already have 81 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 8: a solid base made up of older, non college educated 82 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 8: white voters. So Republicans don't need to appeal to every 83 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 8: young Latino voter. They just need to chip away at 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 8: the right ones. 85 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 7: So, for example, Suffolk University, USA today are showing that 86 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 7: former President Trump is gaining in terms of young black 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 7: and Latino men in crucial states like Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada. 88 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 8: That's precisely it, Maria, Democrats are even launching an ad 89 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 8: campaign called Omris Conheris to target Latino men and try 90 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 8: to combat some of that chipping away. Republicans are making 91 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 8: gains in but young people care about politics and more 92 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 8: and more in recent years. As recently as June twenty twenty, 93 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 8: eighty three percent of eighteen to twenty nine year olds 94 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 8: felt that young people could change the nation, according to 95 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 8: researchers at Duke University, and this was especially true of 96 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 8: the two young men I spoke with for this story. 97 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 7: That's why we love the fact that you went out 98 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 7: to do this deep dive, Mornicut. So you're going to 99 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 7: start this story in Wisconsin, into that battleground state, and 100 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 7: that's where you find an enthusiastic Latino advocate for Trump. 101 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 7: So tell us more, Monicut, take it away. 102 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 8: When I first started reporting on this story, I was 103 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 8: looking for conservative political influencers with big followings, and this 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 8: one name just kept popping up, Hilario de Leon. Hilario 105 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 8: de Leon. But I would go on his socials and 106 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 8: I would see that he had less than four thousand 107 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 8: followers on all of his accounts combined, and like that's 108 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 8: not nothing, okay. But then I saw a photo of 109 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 8: him with Donald Trump pinned at the top of his 110 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 8: ex so I thought, you know what, he must be 111 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 8: influencing something right. Despite not having a huge online presence, 112 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 8: Hilario was handpicked by the Trump campaign in twenty twenty, 113 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 8: and today he's hoping to get a share of young, 114 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 8: black and Latino voters in Wisconsin to vote for the 115 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 8: former president and flip the swing state back to red. 116 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: I don't sure what I have to do if I 117 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: have to run through a war zone. 118 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 10: He's got my vote, and I'm going to try and 119 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 10: get so many other people join me. Friends, family, neighbors, 120 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 10: doesn't matter, independence, swing voters, Democrats, anyone, everyone. 121 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 8: Hilario is twenty three and the chairman of the Republican 122 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 8: Party of Milwaukee County, representing almost one million people. 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: I'm the youngest chairman that has ever been elected in 124 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: the Midwest, and I am the first Latino chairman. 125 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 8: He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and before we talked, 126 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 8: he was outdoor knocking in a suit and tie. 127 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 10: Before we had this interview, I went out campaigning for 128 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 10: President Trump and it was exciting to meet new people. 129 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 8: Along with being chairman of the Republican Party, Hilario also 130 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 8: works as a ballot chase manager for Turning Point Action. 131 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 8: That's the far right nonprofit youth group aimed at turning 132 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 8: out the Republican leaning and undecided vote. 133 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 4: In recent elections for the Republican Party. They see that 134 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 4: they're the biggest inroads to getting Latino support is to 135 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: focus on young men of color. 136 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 8: This is Cristina Bijerano, a political science professor at Texas 137 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 8: Women's University. Her work focuses on how race and gender 138 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 8: shape and influence our current electoral environment. 139 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 4: We're not sure that all of them are going to 140 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: support one party or the other, but they are also 141 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 4: becoming a key demographic in especially some of those battleground 142 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 4: or swing states. 143 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 8: And to make those inroads with young men of color, 144 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 8: the Trump campaign is tapping Hilario and other young influencers 145 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 8: to get voters to switch. 146 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 4: That's the way that they can appeal to young Latino 147 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 4: men and men of color. 148 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 8: But almost equally as important, Hilario is putting a face 149 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 8: to a demographic that has felt frustrations with the Democratic Party. 150 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,479 Speaker 8: Trump himself spoke about it recently. 151 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 11: And I'll tell you what any African American or Hispanic 152 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 11: that votes for Kamala you gotta have your headachex because 153 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 11: they are really screwing you. 154 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 8: And it's people like Hilario that Trump's campaign is trying 155 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 8: to get. So despite his small following, Hilario is making 156 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 8: some noise in the online world. This past year especially, 157 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 8: it seems like he's popped out of nowhere but is 158 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 8: now showing up as the face of Wisconsin's gen Z 159 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 8: Party leaders. He even landed a profile in Politico, the 160 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 8: political news site, with the headline, what You're doing in 161 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 8: Milwaukee might actually end up saving the entire civilization. 162 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 10: It seems that I'm somewhat becoming an influencer within the 163 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 10: party itself. 164 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 8: And he told me he's even started to get noticed 165 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 8: by strangers. 166 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 10: Was at an event and I could hear my name 167 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 10: being mentioned, and I looked over and the lady had 168 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 10: her phone. I see my profile picture and an article 169 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 10: about me. 170 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: So I went over to say. 171 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 8: Hello, Pilario has been able to achieve a lot in 172 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 8: a short amount of time. 173 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 10: I'm just I don't know. I think about it every 174 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 10: day like I'm a part of history. I'm writing history 175 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 10: as we speak. 176 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 8: It was only four years ago, back in twenty twenty 177 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 8: that he lost his job as a dishwasher and made 178 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 8: the career change into paulic. 179 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 10: I lost my job because of the governor's decision to 180 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 10: shut down the state. I was really upset, angry. I 181 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 10: could say I was depressed because it's like, what am 182 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 10: I going to do for work? 183 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 8: He was twenty years old, never went to college, and 184 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 8: lived on his own. 185 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: And so I was literally sitting at home. I had 186 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: a cat. 187 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,599 Speaker 10: He's looking at me and looking at the cat, and 188 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 10: she's like, well, shit, got a lot of free time 189 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 10: on my hands, might as well try out politics. 190 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 8: Before now, Hilario had never worked in politics. He had 191 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 8: no connections. But for years he had and still does 192 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 8: do Civil War reenactments and is partial to playing Captain 193 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 8: Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln. 194 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 8: But other than that, he wasn't connected to anyone in politics, 195 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 8: and to his admission, he was just a boy from 196 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 8: the south side of Milwaukee. 197 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 10: When I look at someone like Senator Vance, I can 198 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 10: relate to a lot of what was going on in 199 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 10: his life. 200 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 8: In two thousand and one, Hilario was just a five 201 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 8: month old baby in foster care and was eventually adopted 202 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 8: by a white couple who couldn't have children of their own. 203 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 8: His biological Mexican father left for Texas. His mother was 204 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 8: dealing with a drug addiction. 205 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 2: There were struggles. There was always struggles going on with family. 206 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 8: When he was five, his adopted father committed suicide, and 207 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 8: he has since been raised by a single mother. They 208 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 8: fought a lot. Hilario tells me that in June twenty fifteen, 209 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 8: when Trump came down the escalator to kick off his 210 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 8: bid for the Republican presidential nominee at Trump Tower in 211 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 8: New York City, they found common ground. 212 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 10: I was watching Fox at the time, and I already 213 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 10: considered myself a Republican. 214 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: I was only fourteen at the time. I couldn't vote. 215 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 11: Whoah, that is some group of people thousands, so nice, 216 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 11: thank you very. 217 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 10: Much, And I knew I'm a supporter. I believe in 218 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 10: everything that he was taught talking about. 219 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 8: At the time, he was a freshman at a private 220 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 8: Catholic high school whose student body was almost sixty percent Latino, 221 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 8: and to his recollection, most of the other kids had 222 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 8: very different political views than him. 223 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: I was the only Trump supporter in the entire school 224 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 2: that I know of. 225 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 8: So when Trump had his first rally in Wisconsin, he 226 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 8: and his family went. 227 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 10: And there was a lot of viral moments that came 228 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 10: out of that rally. 229 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 8: A young woman protesting the Trump rally hit a Trump 230 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 8: supporter in the face, and then someone in the crowd 231 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 8: pepper sprayed the young woman. It was chaotic and there 232 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 8: were a lot of cameras. The incident made headlines nationwide. 233 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 10: So there were some videos that people could see me 234 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 10: in the background with a sign was showing my support. 235 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 8: His sign said all presidents should read The Art of 236 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 8: the Deal, Trump's nineteen eighty seven memoir and business advice book. 237 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 8: And when he went back to school after Easter break. 238 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 10: People treated me very horribly. They were calling me a racist, bigot, sagynists. 239 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 2: I called me hitler. 240 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 10: I had the pre set one point at the school, 241 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 10: pull me aside in the cafeteria and say to me, 242 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 10: how could you support a man like Donald Trump? In 243 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 10: front of not just myself but other students. 244 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 8: He felt ostracized from all sides, his classmates and the 245 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 8: school administration. 246 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 10: Oftentimes I had to sit by myself and eat by myself, 247 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 10: which I didn't mind because I meant I got to 248 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 10: spend more time watching the rallies and doubling down on 249 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 10: what I believed in and what I supported. 250 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 8: But then former President Trump won the nomination and then. 251 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: The election, and I proved him wrong. 252 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 8: Hilario finished high school somewhere else. The private Catholic school 253 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 8: asked him not to return after his sophomore year because 254 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 8: of his grades. 255 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 10: They say it was because of my algebra skills, but 256 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 10: I think it was politically motivated. 257 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 8: He graduated in twenty nineteen, but less than a year later, 258 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 8: in twenty twenty, he was living on his own and 259 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 8: things felt as though they were falling apart. This is 260 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 8: when everything got shut down because of the pandemic, and 261 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 8: he was quickly realizing he couldn't afford his place. And 262 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 8: around the same time, the DNC was supposed to happen 263 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 8: in Milwaukee. 264 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 6: What would have been the biggest event the city of 265 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 6: Milwaukee hosted is now scaled back to a mainly virtual dealer. 266 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 10: I started to look it up online and see what 267 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 10: events were going on. 268 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 8: So, with nothing else to do, in an overwhelming sense 269 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 8: to prove everyone wrong again, he began to organize. 270 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 10: Organize a counter protest rally called the Wisconsin for Trump rally, 271 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 10: and so even though it got shut down because of COVID, 272 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 10: the Trump campaign had gotten wind of me volunteering and 273 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 10: doing this all on my own, and so someone from 274 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 10: the Trump campaign had contacted me and hired me as 275 00:14:58,720 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 10: a field organizer. 276 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 8: Hailario worked for the Trump campaign starting in twenty twenty, 277 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 8: and although he was employed, he still had troubles. Hilario's 278 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 8: home life wasn't perfect, and when he was in school 279 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 8: he felt like an outcast, but within the Republican Party 280 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 8: he began to feel welcome. He would attend events to 281 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 8: be part of something bigger than himself. In the following years, 282 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 8: he continued to work with the GOP, even landing a 283 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 8: spot as a state party staffer for two years and 284 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 8: becoming the chairman of the county GOP soon after. As 285 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 8: he spent more and more time involved with the party, 286 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 8: his ever growing feeling of belonging was all solidified. Weeks 287 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 8: before the twenty twenty four RNC Turning Point action, close 288 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 8: allies to former President Trump made sure that Hilario got 289 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 8: to meet the former president for the first time. 290 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 2: They say never meet your heroes, but I think that's 291 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: a bullshit statement. When it comes to President Trump. 292 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 10: The hell that I've been put through, and then to 293 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 10: have that opportunity, sorry, and. 294 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: He so. I mean, it was an emotional experience for me. 295 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 8: Hilaria was nervous but mostly excited. Announcers introduced his title 296 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 8: and name, like a duke meeting a king. 297 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 2: He said, that's a big title, and he looked great. 298 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 10: I like your suit. He liked my suit that I 299 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 10: was wearing. He doesn't like sloppy dressers. And then he 300 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 10: turned to me and said, so, how is it looking 301 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 10: in Milwaukee? And I explained him everything that we were 302 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 10: working on. He's saying that's great, that's amazing, excellent, exciting 303 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 10: to hear. And he ended by saying, we're going to 304 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 10: have to get you out to Washington, d C. And 305 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 10: then he shook my hand and thanked me for everything 306 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 10: that I was doing, and I was on my way. 307 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 8: The interaction didn't disappoint it solidified his belonging to the 308 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 8: Republican Party. So this election and the last media has 309 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 8: been questioning what could be influencing men of color. I 310 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 8: had that question too when I spoke to Hilario and 311 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 8: hung out with some young Republicans in California, after all. 312 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 8: The New York Times recently reported that young men of 313 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 8: color aren't really offended by the racist dog whistles that 314 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 8: might turn off other voters of color. In fact, young 315 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 8: men might even be entertained by it. 316 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 12: I think for young men in particular, it's part of 317 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 12: a broader angst that they feel, you know, this struggle, 318 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 12: this effort to figure out where do you fit in? 319 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 8: This is Renee Dresta. She's the author of Invisible Rulers, 320 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 8: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, a book about 321 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 8: political influencers. She's also a former research manager at Stanford 322 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 8: Internet Observatory. 323 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 12: What does it mean to be a man? 324 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 3: What role models do you have? 325 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 12: There's, like, you know, there's like an irreverence and a 326 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 12: humor and a funniness to some of it. 327 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 13: There's an irony, and I think if you scroll through 328 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 13: Hilario's X and see how funny he finds Trump, and 329 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 13: in person, Hilario himself is kind of a goofy guy. 330 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 2: My cats, jim me to stay guys. 331 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 8: As the Latino Electric continues to grow, we'll surely see 332 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 8: more Ilario's pop up, but for now, he's still kind 333 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 8: of an anomaly. He's not your average young Latino voter, 334 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 8: adopted by white parents and ostracized for his political beliefs 335 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 8: and looking for a place to fit in. He found 336 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 8: a home in the GOP where he was welcome with 337 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 8: open arms. And like I said, Republicans don't need every 338 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 8: young Latino voter. That's the Democratic base. They just need 339 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 8: to find the anomalies, the hilarios and Hilario de Leon. 340 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 8: He's out there almost every day, ready with open arms 341 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 8: to welcome any young man who has ever felt like 342 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 8: he has so a. 343 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 10: Lot of work that needs to be done. I won't 344 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 10: know if we're successful until after the election. Even god 345 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 10: that we lose, If we see an increase of support 346 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 10: and votes, that means that we're on the right track. 347 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 7: Coming up on Latino USA, we hear from another young Latino, 348 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 7: this time from across the aisle. We're gonna find out 349 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 7: what he's doing to get the vote out to his 350 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 7: fourteen million followers. Stay with us, Yes, Hey, we're back. 351 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 7: And before the break, we met a young Latino Republican 352 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 7: from the battleground state of Wisconsin. He's hoping his efforts 353 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 7: on the ground are going to be enough to get 354 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,719 Speaker 7: his candidate Donald Trump passed the finish line. But now 355 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 7: we're going to head to the other side of the 356 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 7: political aisle. So let's jump back in with Monicam more 357 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 7: Les Garcia, who joins us with the story. 358 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 3: Hi there, Yeah, Adam. 359 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 8: It was ten thirty on a Saturday morning and I 360 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 8: was following Adam Tayabas. He's twenty eight and a young 361 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 8: Democrat in California. He was door knocking for Harris. 362 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 14: Have you noticed any like shift to the right with 363 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 14: any of your Latino yes, yes, relatives or friends or choices. 364 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that it's on social grounds, you know, 365 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: as Latinos are a lot of us, I don't want 366 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: to say all of us were raised in the church, 367 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,239 Speaker 1: in Catholic or whatever, so they've always been kind of 368 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: like socially conservative. But I think that Republicans are exploiting that. 369 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean they're unsalvable, that we can't get 370 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: Latino men back. 371 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 8: And here Adam started whispering as if we were friends 372 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 8: sharing a secret. 373 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: I think that when Latino men start seeing like how 374 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: conservatives actually think of them, and how they'll always be 375 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: the other and never one of them, you know, they'll 376 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: realize like this is not the party for me. 377 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 8: Adam walked off to knock on a door. He had 378 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 8: only spoken to a handful of folks. Honestly, most people 379 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 8: just peered through their windows, refusing to answer the door. 380 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 8: But this time someone finally came out. 381 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 2: Hi, there you Tracy and hire Adam. 382 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm just a local volunteer and I'm just trying to 383 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: get out the vote for a few folks that are running. 384 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 7: In your area. 385 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 2: You know a lot of great people on your ballot 386 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 2: this year were looking forward to it. Awesome, Thank you 387 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 2: so much. Of course, she was fantastic. When we get 388 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 2: good people. 389 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 8: Adam and his team on the ground organizers are an 390 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 8: example of getting out the Democratic vote the old fashioned way. 391 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 8: The day I canvassed with Adam, he and his team 392 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 8: aimed to knock on a thousand doors for Vice President Harris. 393 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 8: But as we mentioned at the top, Democratic campaigns are 394 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 8: also trying something new to reach and went back their 395 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 8: base of young Latino voters. 396 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 3: Social media, YouTube, I tik talk, Instagram. 397 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 8: Democrats are tapping activists with large social media followings to 398 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 8: reach voters that they can't reach on mainstream media platforms. 399 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 8: According to the Pew Research Center. Latinos tend to be 400 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 8: younger than white or black adults, and younger people are 401 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 8: less likely to follow the news. Only about a quarter 402 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 8: of Latinos say they follow the news at all or 403 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 8: most of the time. So the campaign tapped one of 404 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 8: the largest political influencers on the left for young Spanish 405 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 8: speaking voters. 406 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 3: My name is Cardloss Loospina. I do community activism helping 407 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: the immigrant community here in the United States, and I 408 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 3: also make content on social media, mostly in Spanish. 409 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 8: Gordloss is twenty five. He's from College Station, Texas, and, 410 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 8: like Hilario Godless, has gained national media attention as a 411 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 8: political young Latino. The New York Times published a long 412 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 8: profile about him, and they called him a one man 413 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 8: Telemundo on. 414 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 3: TikTok Right now, on TikTok, I have ten point four 415 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 3: million followers. On Instagram, I have almost a million, and 416 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 3: then on Facebook, I have around two point five million. 417 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 8: And there's no production team, he says, it's just him, 418 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 8: his iPhone and a thirty dollars ring light from Walmart. 419 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 3: I just move it around when I travel, I take 420 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 3: it with me, and that's really like the extent of 421 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 3: my equipment. 422 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 8: Throughout his socials, Gardlos shares videos about news, immigration, the 423 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 8: Latino community, along with commentary about food, sports, and politics, 424 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 8: and like countless other young people, twenty twenty was essential 425 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 8: in Carlos's political evolutions. The same year, Coilario, the Republican 426 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 8: organizer in Wisconsin, lost his job and started organizing for 427 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 8: Donald Trump. Garlos in Texas felt compelled to start posting 428 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 8: content that helped people through the US citizenship process. 429 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: That's what about a graduate college. And my goal was 430 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 3: to work for a nonprofit organization in Texas that does 431 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: refugee resettlement. But because of the pandemic, things fell through. 432 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 8: Like Hilario, Gordloss was left sort of directionless, not knowing 433 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 8: where to go next. And that's when a nonprofit reached 434 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 8: out to him to help him teach citizenship classes online. 435 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 3: And then slowly started trying on tiktoks, and then after 436 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: I ran out of content on citizenship, started branching out 437 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 3: to just politics, new social issues. 438 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 6: Rasona is placqual, Donald Trump is and when presidente. 439 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: Guna and in Guna sadi. 440 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 8: But Carlos doesn't think of himself as a journalist. He's 441 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 8: more of an advocate and he's spreading information he thinks 442 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 8: will be useful and viral. 443 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: I think that's the most important thing, you know, like 444 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 3: you always have to provide some sort of value or 445 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 3: use to the user, and I think that attracts people. 446 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 8: It's been working for him. Back in February, when Biden 447 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,719 Speaker 8: was still the Democratic candidate, the White House found out 448 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 8: about all the work Cardloss was doing via his socials. 449 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 3: They invited me to meet with the White House Digital 450 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 3: communications team. 451 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 8: At the same time, pulling was showing that young Latino 452 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 8: voters were pulling away support from President Biden. So Carlos 453 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 8: was needed more than ever to draw people back into 454 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 8: the Democratic Party. 455 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 3: And then they just started inviting me back for other events, 456 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 3: you know, started building relationships. 457 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 8: And like Hilario, Carlos got to meet with the President. 458 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 8: They even made a TikTok together. 459 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: Today's a historic day. 460 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 6: Two executive actions that are going to benefit many people. 461 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 8: In our committee, Cardluss and Biden teamed up to promote 462 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 8: two actions by the White House, one providing some mixed 463 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 8: status families with a path to permanent residency and another 464 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 8: to facilitate employment authorization for DOCA beneficiaries. It was a 465 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 8: big moment in Cardloss's short life as a political influencer, 466 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 8: I wanted to say. 467 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: Thank you because, like I said, I'm a US citizen, 468 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 3: but some of my best friends are undocumented and they 469 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 3: don't have I mean they went to college. Some more 470 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 3: them even have PhDs. And this is going to be 471 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 3: really huge. 472 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 5: It is zoom. 473 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 6: We need them, man, we need them. 474 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 2: We need them. 475 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 3: Look, we are a nation of immigrants. That's what built 476 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 3: this country. That's who we are. That's what makes us 477 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 3: the most powerful nation. 478 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 8: The TikTok video of Godless and Biden has sixteen million views, 479 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 8: one point four million lengths, and seventy five thousand comments, 480 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 8: mostly congratulations in Spanglish. He tells me his audiences first 481 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 8: and second generation Latinos, so if he's in an area 482 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 8: with a large immigrant population, it's more than likely that 483 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 8: he'll be recognized. 484 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 3: Literally just now, five minutes ago, the cleaning lady in 485 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 3: the hallway, she's like, oh, I know you are from 486 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 3: what Malas. It happens pretty often. 487 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 8: And Godless has always been close to the Latino community. 488 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 8: His parents are both immigrants. 489 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 3: My dad came to the United States in the eighties 490 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 3: when there was a dictatorship in Uruguay. 491 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 8: His father was getting his PhD at Texas and M 492 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 8: University and met his mother on a trip to Mexico 493 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 8: and together they moved to the US. 494 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 3: But then in nineteen ninety seven, my mom got deported. 495 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 8: And for five years his family was separated, but eventually 496 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 8: they were able to reunite. 497 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 3: Thankfully, today both my parents are US citizens, but I 498 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 3: still think it's important to advocate for those people who 499 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 3: still haven't been able to achieve that dream. 500 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 8: It's because of his lived experiences with deportation that Cardloss 501 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 8: has always been politically active. 502 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 3: I first got interested in the twenty sixteen campaign after 503 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 3: Trump made his comments about Mexicans and immigrants. 504 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 8: Around the same time Hilario was being drawn in by 505 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 8: the Trump campaign in Wisconsin. Gados felt a call to 506 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 8: advocate for immigrants. 507 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 3: I started organizing around that, pushing back on that narrative 508 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 3: when I was in high school, and then I kept 509 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 3: that all through college. 510 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 8: He was the twenty twenty student association president at Vassar 511 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 8: College in New York State, and he just finished law 512 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 8: school to be an immigration lawyer. 513 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 3: So it was like it wasn't something new for me. Obviously, 514 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 3: I've taken it to another level. 515 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 8: You could say that this year, Carlos was one of 516 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 8: five social media influencers to secure a powerful speaking slot 517 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 8: at the DNC. 518 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 6: To be pro immigrant is to be pro America. And 519 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 6: that's why Kamala Harris understands this too, and that's why 520 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 6: once selected, she will reject hate and find solutions that 521 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 6: make our nation stronger. 522 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 3: So let's get her elected. 523 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 6: Let's get her elected, and God bless the great State 524 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 6: of Texas. 525 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 8: Influencers at the convention were part of the Democratic Party's 526 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 8: attempt to adapt to today's culture of news consumption and 527 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 8: also to reach the emerging young Latino electorate. They need 528 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 8: to keep their base. 529 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 12: Funny enough, legacy media or journalism was actually complaining a 530 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 12: little bit about the difference in like where they got 531 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 12: put versus where the influencers got put. 532 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 8: This is Renee Duresta again. She researches the impacts of 533 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 8: political influencing in our modern democracy. She says that there's 534 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 8: not a future where we don't continue to have influencers 535 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:13,959 Speaker 8: in politics. 536 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 12: The term came out of marketing. Actually, the influentials was 537 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 12: the original name. 538 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 8: Brands began to realize that some people on the Internet 539 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 8: were just really great at selling. 540 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 12: Stuff, and then you wound up with political influencers as 541 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 12: political campaigns realized that the same sort of capacity for 542 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 12: persuasion that could help somebody decide to buy a pair 543 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 12: of shoes could be used to help somebody decide to 544 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 12: vote for a particular candidate. 545 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 8: Godless's relationship with the White House began with President Biden, 546 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 8: but since he's dropped out of the race and Vice 547 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 8: President Harris has entered, Godless is on board and the 548 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 8: Harris campaign is happy to have him. They've also made 549 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 8: a TikTok together. 550 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 3: Straight up, why should Latinos? Why should people in my 551 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 3: community vote for you? 552 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 2: Well, there are many reasons. 553 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 5: First of all, I'd say first point is that I 554 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 5: strongly believe none of us should ever take ourselves out 555 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 5: of the ability to weigh in. And one of the 556 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 5: ways you weigh in about the future of your country 557 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 5: is to vote. 558 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 8: And come November fifth, he believes Kamala Harris will certainly 559 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 8: win the Democratic young vote like Biden did and Obama 560 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 8: did and even Hillary Clinton did. 561 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 3: It's not about of whether she's going to win the 562 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 3: young vote. That's almost guaranteed. I think the issue is 563 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 3: how many people are you actually able to turn out? 564 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 3: Because among the young people who are going to vote, 565 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 3: I'm pretty confident she's going to win that. 566 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 8: But what he's not so sure about is if young 567 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 8: voters in general will turn out to vote. Since nineteen 568 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 8: eighty six, there has been an enduring twenty six point 569 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 8: gap and youth voter turnout in comparison to older adults 570 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 8: and presidential elections, and not only widens in midterms and 571 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:57,479 Speaker 8: local elections. And although both parties have aggressively courted Latino 572 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 8: voters this year this election, Dinos will most likely remain 573 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 8: aligned with the Democratic Party, even as some indicate that 574 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 8: the party and the president have not helped them directly. 575 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 3: And there is a more real critique of the Democrat 576 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 3: policies that a lot of people feel like the Democrats 577 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 3: have abandoned them or maybe we haven't paid attention to them. 578 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 3: And I'm not saying that's necessarily the case, but I 579 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 3: do think the Democrats haven't done a good enough job 580 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 3: of making that outreach and doing that work with the 581 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 3: community day in and day out. 582 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 8: So Carlos does what he can to help the party, 583 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 8: and he thinks that he and other influencers and content 584 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 8: creators like him are making a difference, and I. 585 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 3: Think, yeah, we move masses. We have a big audience, 586 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 3: we have a big reach, and that translates to power. 587 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 3: There's really no real way to measure the impact, but 588 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 3: we definitely have an impact. I think it all is 589 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 3: within a context of every little thing matters. 590 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 8: Both campaigns understand that every little interaction counts when it 591 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 8: comes to the young Latino vo even a small population 592 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 8: could tip the balance of power. 593 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 3: What influencers have, like myself included, we have the reach 594 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 3: that the parties don't have. Whatever the message is, if 595 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 3: the whoever's receiving it doesn't have a strong bond or 596 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 3: relationship with the messenger, then it's not as effective. 597 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 8: So as we steer closer and closer to election day, 598 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 8: like the Titanic hitting the iceberg, only time will tell 599 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 8: if Gorlos and Hilario have helped to shift the balance 600 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 8: of power in favor of their candidate. For now, what 601 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 8: we know is that young Latino voters are craving political change, 602 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 8: regardless of the candidate, and yet they're not voting in 603 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 8: the numbers we'd expect, And that's why campaigns have tapped 604 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 8: into young people online and on the ground to convince 605 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 8: their peers to go out and vote. So whatever happens, 606 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,479 Speaker 8: whoever wins. The question we should be asking is not 607 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 8: if young people will come out and vote, because we 608 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 8: know they want to. We should be asking if our 609 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 8: next president is willing to make the changes that activate 610 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 8: young people to the polls. 611 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 7: Dear listener, can you believe it? Today's show is the 612 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 7: last part of our special election coverage for the twenty 613 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 7: twenty four presidential election. It's called the Latino Factor. How 614 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 7: we Vote? Well, it's going to be the Latino Factor 615 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 7: how we voted? So truly, how could we have imagined 616 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 7: that a year ago when we launched this series, that 617 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 7: we were kicking it off with a sit down, face 618 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,239 Speaker 7: to face interview with the woman who back then was 619 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 7: simply the vice president, but who would end up at 620 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 7: the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris. 621 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 9: Part of what is wrong right now with what is 622 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 9: happening in our country is there is some perverse kind 623 00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 9: of suggestion that the strength of a leader is measure 624 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 9: based on who you beat down instead of who you 625 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 9: lift up. 626 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 7: Over the past year, we hit the ground from San 627 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 7: Diego all the way to New Jersey to try to 628 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 7: tell stories that reflect the nuances of Latino and Latina 629 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 7: voters and explain the distinct policies and issues that we 630 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 7: care about most. Those would be the economy, gun control, 631 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 7: reproductive justice and abortion, access, housing, foreign policy, disinformation, and 632 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,160 Speaker 7: of course immigration, all of it. We brought it front 633 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 7: and center in the Latino Factor and talked about how 634 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,280 Speaker 7: this shapes us as a country as we get prepared 635 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 7: to vote. So from all of us at Latino USA, 636 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,240 Speaker 7: stay tuned for next week when we'll have a special 637 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 7: election day coverage program and we're going to dig into 638 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 7: what to expect from the next President of the United 639 00:34:51,120 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 7: States of America. Ecomosiemfreyes. 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Have a good one. 651 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 8: Chao Latino USA is made possible in part by Skyline Foundation, 652 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 8: the Tao Foundation, and the Ford Foundation, working with visionaries 653 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 8: on the front lines of social change worldwide.