Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar journeyed to Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Tuesday to warn any Latino thinking of voting for Trump that their vote will not save them because Trump and his friends simply want to deport brown people.
Temp host of the week Ronny Chieng opened up the floor by asking, “What would you want to say to conservative Latino voters right now who might be on the fence or what would you tell them to—?”
Kumar gave a short response that was nonetheless full of problems:
So, my grandmother says, you are who your friends are. And so if Donald Trump's friends are calling our community ‘garbage,’ if they are talking about mass deportation, if they are talking about this idea of separating families or deporting whole families, they’re talking about you because the moment you step out that door, you present as brown, and our job right now is to safeguard our democracy, and if Kamala Harris can bring Dick Cheney and AOC under one tent, that's a call for our democracy right now.
The previous day, even Jon Stewart, who is a fierce critic of both Donald Trump and his recent Madison Square Garden rally, skewered those who claim to be outraged by the “garbage” comment.
Brilliant by Jon Stewart… 👏 pic.twitter.com/XDE1ECvRG6
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 29, 2024
Second of all, if you are voting, you are an American citizen, so nobody will be deporting you. Claiming anything else is just fearmongering.
Finally, it is true that Dick Cheney and AOC are voting for Harris, but who cares? Two can play this game. Nikki Haley and Tulsi Gabbard are both voting for Trump because there will always be Republicans who vote for the Democrat and vice versa, but only when Trump is on the ballot do people pretend like it is a big deal.
Here is a transcript for the October 29 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
10/29/2024
11:29 PM ET
RONNY CHIENG: I would just like to ask you, what would you want to say to conservative Latino voters right now who might be on the fence or what would you tell them to—?
MARIA TERESA KUMAR: So, my grandmother says, you are who your friends are. And so if Donald Trump's friends are calling our community “garbage,” if they are talking about mass deportation, if they are talking about this idea of separating families or deporting whole families, they’re talking about you because the moment you step out that door, you present as brown, and our job right now is to safeguard our democracy, and if Kamala Harris can bring Dick Cheney and AOC under one tent, that's a call for our democracy right now.
