Newsweek by Adrian Carrasquillo On 12/16/21
A Thanksgiving potluck in McAllen.
A Save the Children carnival and toy drive in Laredo.
A cryptocurrency workshop and ugly sweater Christmas party with Folklorico dancing in San Antonio.
These community events aimed at Latinos in south Texas this holiday season are not being held by a nonprofit, or even by Democrats, but by the Republican National Committee (RNC) in partnership with local Republican groups.
The RNC says its community centers are part of a national, multi-million dollar effort to reach out to minority communities at the local level to engage African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Pacific Americans and Indian-Americans.
Of the 10 such community centers the RNC has opened up nationwide, four are in Texas, with more to come in 2022.
The growing Republican footprint in Latino communities in south Texas comes after Donald Trump garnered outsized support along border communities last year, even flipping some counties that went for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Republicans may be seizing a very real opportunity ahead of the 2022 midterm races. A Wall Street Journal poll last week showed Hispanic voters evenly split between both parties, with 37% saying they would support a Democratic congressional candidate and 37% saying they would support a Republican, with 22% undecided.
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https://www.newsweek.com/gop-targets-vulnerable-house-democrats-texas-increased-latino-outreach-1660134
