‘Leaning into the whiteness’: journalist Paola Ramos on why some Latinos have turned to the far right

Latino voters, once reliably Democratic, increasingly pledge support for Trump despite his xenophobic rhetoric

When the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made racist and disparaging comments about Latinos and referred to Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage", at a Donald Trump rally in New York on Sunday, it was met with outrage from many Latino politicians, voters and celebrities. Still, those comments did not deter some Republican Latinos from affirming their support for Trump.

If you were already supporting Trump, I don't think this is a comment that will make you reconsider that choice," said the journalist Paola Ramos, the author of Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What it Means for America.