The whiplash that political commentators have experienced over Latino support for President Trump provided some of election night’s most compelling moments. But the competitive level of support that he received from Latinos should not have been all that surprising.
Conventional wisdom since 2016 held that Trump is defined by an antipathy toward Latinos. Eventually, the thinking went, Trump’s ineptitude on race and immigration would catch up with him.
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