Hispanic voters deliver blow to 'Latinos con Biden-Harris' campaign: 'They're pandering to us'
Hispanic residents of border states are rejecting President Biden's efforts to shore up support in the 2024 election.
Three Arizona voters joined "Fox & Friends First" on Wednesday to share their discontent with the president's Latinos con Biden-Harris campaign pitch in Phoenix.
"Biden coming to Arizona is just a Band-Aid on a great, big open wound," Monet Flores-Bacs, 25, told co-host Todd Piro. "Despite what President Biden might want us to believe, the Latino community in Arizona is really hurting due to inflation."
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The president launched the Latinos con Biden-Harris campaign program on Tuesday during a campaign stop in Arizona.
"The Latino vote was critical to the President’s victory in 2020, and 2024 will be no different," said campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez.
Flores-Bacs emphasized the disparity between stagnant incomes and historically high living costs.
"They're pandering to us," she said. "You can hear in their rhetoric that they don't take it seriously."
A native Arizonan and daughter of a Guatemalan immigrant, Flores-Bacs said inflation makes it increasingly difficult for Latinos to live out their version of the American Dream.
VideoMoses Sanchez, a retired U.S. Navy petty officer who immigrated to the U.S. from Panama, echoed Flores-Bacs' sentiments.
"They don't focus on everyday issues that matter, like economic stability, crime, public safety, supporting small businesses, reducing inflation," Sanchez said. "Those are the things that impact hardworking Latinos."
Sanchez emphasized the disconnect between the Democratic Party and Latino voters.
"It's a problem that the Democratic Party has here in Arizona," Sanchez said.
He said the