The increase in the Latino vote donald trump -the candidate who does not want more Latinos to cross his border and is circling the wall and more xenophobic measures in the south of the United States – has been one of the keys to the resounding victory of the MAGA leader –say those who know that the Republican Party no longer exists… – and the failure of the Democrats Kamala Harris. How is it possible that those who came to fulfill the American dream and, for the most part, had a hard time arriving, in the worst conditions, without papers… vote for a declared xenophobe? And Latin women, with their double discrimination by an explicit misogynist?
A multitude of analyzes are being made about Trump’s victory and, particularly, the increase in the Latino vote for his candidacy, which reached a historic 45%and as it could not be otherwise, the shopping basket is pointed out: the very high prices reached during the Government of Joe Biden They particularly penalize the increasingly large Latino community, with low or very low incomes. Without a doubt, the economy is a decisive factor, but let’s also talk about God and the vote of the evangelical, ultra-conservative, anti-progressive and pro-traditional family church. Trump’s most forceful phrase celebrating his victory, in fact, mentioned God and a kind of reincarnation of him in the president-elect: “God saved my life so that I could save my country.” Don’t talk anymore.
The Latin community, indeed, is increasingly numerous and more evangelical; and more so than it will be: following the precepts of their faith, they are families that have many children and they are also becoming evangelical, so this church represents a notable volume of votes that Trump had perfectly located. ¿Someone believes that Trump has now become an unbound Christian, a guy who does not notice cruelty and behaviors that evangelicals call “vicious” (adultery, parties, divorces, promiscuity…)? If you reason, it doesn’t hold up anywhere, but hey, the latest US elections, which returned a criminal to the White House, are about everything except reasons and science. They also refer to God, a sexist, homophobic, ultra-conservative and evangelical god that we already have in Spain, by the way, and with increasing strength.
Evangelical communities flee the pageantry and glitz of the Catholic Vatican, for example. Their churches are enclosures that go completely unnoticed, with barely a sign that places them at street level. They are welcoming churches, without a doubt, for those who have gone through the hardships that so many Latinos will have gone through in their countries, to reach the United States and manage to build a life project there. They are emotional to the core, gesticulating, musical, colorful, embracing and go straight to the gut without going through the brain. Your shepherds are people normalcharismatic and deeply seductivewho talk to each and every member of the community, are interested in their lives, if they return, if they don’t return, they give them food, clothing and whatever they need when they are having a hard time. They create community and build identity for a population that, apart from the language, feels foreign and strengthens ties in those simple, but thunderously attractive, temples..
During this time, Trump has perfectly represented the values defended by evangelicals, rampant anti-abortionists, haters of red and sexist to the core. Trump integrates them into his MAGA community, even though he says he doesn’t want them in the US. They, however, do not feel identified with the group that Trump rejects -even if they are your fellow citizens, even if they have gone through identical hardships in most cases-, those who cross the desert have not yet arrived and those who live and work in the USA are already there, They are part of the community trumpistwho is one of their own, who supports them and understands them; For them, the walls are a minor issue. Without forgetting – because you always have to follow the money trail – the huge financing that far-right, ultra-Catholic groups inject into MAGA, including those linked to the evangelical church.
In Spain, Isabel Diaz AyusoFor example, our best trumpisthas understood perfectly that the evangelical message has to be his tooso the attention and contacts with this church in Madrid are a priority of the regional government. In the last elections, Ayuso led one of its best-known pastors in the capital to a rally with Alberto Núñez Feijóowho seemed enthusiastic about the speech of-creeps of the shepherdess, full of blessings, divinity and deadly shots at reason and science. The president’s team often visits these temples, where, by the way, healings are offered against “sexual immorality”, that is, against LGTBI+ people. He trumpism It is already the fascism of the 21st century, it has been blessed in the most powerful country in the world and, as always, they say that God is on their side. A secular State is urgent.
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