Ana Navarro Slams Hispanics Who Are Against Illegal Immigration: ‘Stupid Attitude,’ They Think It Makes Them More American

ACOSTA: “There were chants of ‘Send them back.’ All right, let’s discuss now with CNN political commentators Ana Navarro and Kate Bedingfield. Ana, let me start with you. I mean, you and I have talked about this many times, about his rhetoric, the rhetoric he uses to talk about migrants and so on, and I just have to ask you, Ana, when you look at the poll numbers and you see, if you break out the demographics, Trump is doing better among Latinos, he is doing better among African American voters, and it certainly is a threat to the president‘s reelection campaign. Is there a disc — what do you make of this disconnect?”
NAVARRO: “Well, a few things. One is, I think America has a little bit of amnesia when it comes to Donald Trump. And frankly, being in a courtroom for the last 20 days, I think has helped him because he‘s not been out at rallies saying the stupid stuff he says and the incendiary, outrageous things he says on a daily basis. We‘ve been focusing on Michael Cohen, we’ve been focusing on Stormy Daniels. We haven‘t been focusing on the things that Donald Trump say. Another thing is, I think at this point, in 2024, this is kind of baked in. People already know the guy is a misogynist, they already know he‘s a racist, they already know he says divisive things, and they seem not to take him literally or seriously. They think it’s kind of part of a clown act, entertainment. And then the third thing, Jim, and this is the truth, and you and I know this as Latinos, there are some Latino immigrants who forget they came here as immigrants and who want to shut the door behind them, and who think being anti-immigrant somehow is going to make them pass as more American, pass as whatever. And that‘s a very stupid attitude to have, because what folks don’t realize is that when the guide drives thousands of miles to go hunt down Latinos in a Walmart in Texas, he doesn‘t care when you came here, he doesn‘t care what your accent is. What he‘s looking for is, ‘Does it look like me? Does it sound like me?’ That‘s what he‘s looking for. So when people are anti-something, they’re not asking for your papers. They’re just anti that group.”