The vice president Kamala HarrisDemocratic candidate in these 2024 elections in the United Statesattended this Friday, October 11, the “Latinos Ask” forumwhere Hispanic voters had the opportunity to ask questions. At one point, they asked him to say three virtues the Donald Trumphis Republican opponent. Far from praising the former president, he responded: “I don’t know him.”
Kamala Harris said she doesn’t “really” know Donald Turmp (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
In any case, the 59-year-old lawyer He stressed that the 78-year-old businessman “loves his family” and considered: “I think that is very important. “I think family is one of the most important things we can prioritize.” However, when he had to continue with the second and third virtue, She apologized and admitted: “To be honest, I don’t really know him.”
The meeting of Univisionmoderated by the Mexican Enrique Acevedowhich took place in the city of Las Vegas, Nevadawill also be carried out with the same conditions con Donald Trump as protagonist. Initially, the event with the Republican was scheduled to take place on October 8 in the city of Miami, Floridabut due to the consequences of Hurricane Milton They had to change the location and date next Wednesday the 16th.
This type of interactions with the Hispanic community in the United States occurs within the framework of a tough campaign where the vote latino is in the center of attention, since in this year’s elections it will reach the highest proportion in its history. In the 2024 elections, the electorate of this ancestry will represent the 14,7% of the total register, which means that some 36.2 million voters possess these roots, according to a report of the Pew Research Center (PWC).
This electoral segment could even be key to tipping the balance in some of the so-called “hinge states” of this year’s race, a group that includes Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsinwhere the results of the latest surveys show a scenario of great parity between the vice president and the former president.
During the event, Harris was asked about various topics about economy, immigration, abortion, health care system and the federal government’s response to the Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Season 2024 that hits states like Florida, Texas and others on the Gulf of Mexico coast.
One of the attendees at the forum, Wendy Solares, asked the candidate what she will do with the high cost of living and high property prices. Regarding this, Harris acknowledged that “prices are still too high” and assured that part of his plan includes reducing grocery costs. “One of the problems that I am going to address is the unfair price increaseof price abuse when companies increase abusively. “This affects the people who are most desperate,” he noted.
Harris answered questions from Latino voters at a forum in NevadaUnivision
In turn, he promised that will expand the child tax credit“so that young families get 6000 dollars in the first year of life of their son, to buy what they need.” Regarding housing prices, he considered that the shortage of properties is what increases costs and anticipated that his plan “seeks to work with developers and builders to build three million homes” before the end of his term and “give assistance of $25,000 to people so they can buy their first home.”
Another of the participants of the event, Ramiro Gonzaleza Tampa resident, asked him about the rumors that aid for the consequences of hurricanes in Florida They are being addressed on a discretionary basis. “There has been a lot of information about what we have been doing in these weeks. During these two weeks we have seen that, immediately after Milton, people are playing politics suggesting that resources and support are only reaching certain people depending on their political agenda, and this is not true,” he responded.
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