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host: when it comes to the libre initiative, what the message you're sending generally to latino voters this time of year? guest: that america still is that country where anybody from anywhere fnowe have to defend tn principles of economic freedom, educational freedom, that one can have private property rights and at the same time, we must restrain the centralization of so much money and power in washington. that weor productivity and growth. that we distinguish the american dream but we have to be free to do that. host: what are they telling you about the way they think prosperity is working out for them? guest:over-regulating, over-tax.

that politicians have too much power in the sense that they are controlling every bit obehavio. so what that has done of course as it energy production, entrepreneurship, opportunity. i think the government has just intruded iour lives and i thinko reverse that. that rugged individualism. host: it sounds like what you're saying affects a lot of different groups, not particularly latino. guest: a lot of latinos believe in the american dream. so i think what they are seeing now is an america that they don't recognize and if we continue down this path it is not what we envision.a

so i think a lot■;■! of latinose paying attention. media but there's also a lot of mistrust and politicians and parties. and so the folks that■ they believe are latinos themselves who go to church with them, go to school with them. neighbors who work with them. these areilize now across the country talking to fellow the tino's, talking about the hardships that they go through. there's another direction that this government can take. those are the conversations we are having. of course, life is 20% more expensive since this is ministration took off. host: in a poll that was released earlier this year, about 36 point 2 million eligible latino voters have a

50% share of the entire electorate. over 11 million of those, 31% are 18-21 years old. what are they telling you about achieving what you're looking for? who will want this principle that we believe in, that we came to america for? one of the ways that their energy abundance. thatou get to decide who your doctors are,ernment doesn't get to decide for you. are empowered to send their children to the school of their choice and have that kind

of school choice, that kind of educational freedom at the same time. young kids i think are looking for those candidates who still believe in those american principles. that is who we are promoting and endorsing. the principles we are talking about. especially youth, is a recent study that showed that larger and larger percentage of young latinos are self identifying as either more moderate or conservative and identified as very liberal or liberal. host: why do you think that is? guest: i think that's because the radical left and started taking of the democratic party. it has become the party of marxist university professors. the party of folks who block traffic, the middle class on their way to work to try to impose an agenda.

the party who made all these college loans to doctors and lawyersbacks of the middle class folks who didn't get to go todid not incur debt,e responsible for those college graduates who were responsible and paid off their debt. there is a resentment about the kind of treatment that certain classes get. the middle class just seems to get the brunt of everything. not even being considered, being last in line when it comes to politicians, and blacks make up 45% of american citizens. they are the ones getting stuck with the bill, they should have a voice and they should mobilize in support of those candidates who are going to make it. host: this is daniel garza

joining us. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to text us your you do that.02) 748-8003 you can always post on facebook and on xp as far as the initiative itself, who are you comprised of? guest: about 300 or 400 donorsor organization from across the country. in the latino community, it should be part of our mobilization effort. and we've been added now for over 12 years. we do a lot of electioneering through our sister organization. that's how we make our

endorsements and volunteers and activists across the country in support of those who we think are going to put america first. host: your organization is largely backed by the -- foundation, is■÷■hat guest: stil the case? guest:charles and david were some of the initial founders, s exactly right. charles continues to be a contributor and i couldn't be prouder to with a fine american who is just doing incredible work to create opportunity for others. we believe in a free america. in individuals who have been working from the bottom up to have purpose in life. we work together and areiate wi. host: i want to show you the digital ad that the biden

administration is trying to target to latino men. i want to get your response. >> i am a marine, i know what trust is and a guy like donald trump that attacks women and brags about it, that is not trust. i'm with joe biden because he will give my daughter their freedom back. >> i'm joeve this message. host: what do you think about the approach? guest: character assassination. are undermining your opposition. if that is the route you want to take, i think a lot of people are turned off by it. americans want to know what you're going to do to reduce high interest rates, reduce that is crippling a lot of the middle class, especially latinos who make up a big chunk of the middle class. are you doing to create

opportunities for our kids? to make sure that they have educational opportunities? what are you doing to make sure that health care remains in the private sector affordable and assessable?

continue to attack people and demonize peopleapproach, but i h that and i think people are turned off by it. host: what do you think about latino voters generally, what they think of the former president as a convicted felon now? guest: i think a lot of latinos have looked at the timing of this, how flimsy the cases are and it is a political job. have been talking a lot about threats to democracy. this was an attack on democracy. this is usurping the decision of the american people in choosing the kind of leadership that they want. so you have preempted them by trying to incarcerate your opposition. you've been■r projecting the war on democracy when you're actually committing it yourself. it is just the timing that once he announced everything that ppens, it just looks bad. it stinks of a third world

approach to getting rid of the opposition that you fear. whether you are finding donald trump agreeable or not, the american people should decide who they are gng to elect. host: will your organization endorse him? guest: we've not endorsed a presential canwe will probably t this time. as far as encouraging people to vote f president, how should the trump campaign take that and what is the message they should deliver? guest: when it comes to the latino community, he has to connect. the way you connect is you show up. you come to where we are at. at our communities, at our events.

you have to show you care. second, you have to make your case. you have to tell me why your ideas are superior to the opposition. you have to show me the outcome of your previous policies in your previous term. you have to make your case. and third, you have to come to me with the latino cit has beeno see the kind of outreach that democrats seem to have on their heels with the latino community because the shifting numbers are not good at engaging with latinos. it has been kind of cringey. a lot of stereotyping going on. you guys matter, but you got to connect. host: washington, d.c. democrats line for our guest daniel garza. caller: i was interested to hear

mr. garza that your group is not supporting donald trump because first of all, let me just say that any time world history, something that is a lie is that we are not supporting energy production. it is the highest ever in world history. but let me focus on donald trump who you said you are not supporting. what do you think about the the street from your studio that is planning to deport 10 million, 15 undocumented people in america? what do you think about those plans that are drawn up and donald trump supporting those plans? guest: first of all, i think

latinos would resist any kind of dynamic where you have lawlessness, where you havethatt the border. at this point they don't have operational control. i live in texas. i live a half mile between --. we see what happens. in real time. nobody has to tell!,■s administration has broken a lot of promises when it comes to immigration. four nephews working in border patrol. they human trafficking, the sex trade, the cartels and how they dominate the other side of the border. you have to go straight to where

they are at. looking over your shoulder the whole time, a scary situation. it creates an insecurity. my sister at gunpoint had her vehicle taken from her two years ago. this is real stuff that is happening. children's lives are being impacted by it. i just don't see the kind of responsible governing that should be taking place on the border. and so because we resist this lawlessness and this chaos that is happening, somebody needs to bring order to it. and it is not the biden administration and certainly not made orca's. some of the extreme plans that are being considered is because

of what is being shown right now at the border. in the absence of good policy, s are going to take place. i just wish that responsible people would come together and reach some kind of consens. and all the honest with you, the democrats have broken their promises on achieving immigration reform time and time again. they've told the latino community four years go by, nothing. then you asked what happened? for years passed by. the republicans, they won't play ball. you didn'. he promised immigration reform. and then four years go by and nothing happens. and it is the republicans. why has not the biden administration convened the republican to the white house and tried to reconcile their differences and reach some kind of consensus?

we can do security and then address the issues of people who are gaining asylum. host: that was floated and passed in the senate and trounced by republic yes. it was an election year gambit that was done just to score political points that would have codified exactly what is going on right now at the border. everybody knows it, everybody sees it. it was bogus to begin with. ad a chance. so why don't you convene the began hammer out a differe. you will play ball and you will negotiate in good faith. but no, we don't get that. it is just to have this lawlessness continue. host: roxanne in florida,

repu caller: good morning. i'd like to say i am a black woman living in florida, very middle-class part of the state. hispanics and a lot of blacks are totally part of the trump coalition. we cannot wait to go to the polls to vote for him. as a matter of fact, every time he comes down here, every time he's even in the orlando part of the state and he is in the west coast, you have an amount of blacks and hispanics. and what i thought was so wonderful to see was during the recent parade, the throngs of peoplein support of donald trump. the same thing that has occurred

ci think that hispanics and blacks are tired of being told by anyone who to vote for when we know the person to vote for his donald trump, donald trump 2020 for all the way. host: ok, roxanne in florida. guest: she's a fan. there's no question that i think donald trump is the moe world. he has appeal to a lot of but there is another reason why latinos are switchingore to the republican side or to the central left. one is the bad outcomes of this administration in terms of the economy. just the radical fringe that has taken over the party, people are sort of turned off by it. also,ling left out in states like nevada and michigan. i think in the 80's, 20 percent of americansnow barely over 10%.

e kind of mobilization that unions are doing as well. you are not loyal to any party. one million youth turn 18 every year. 1.4 eligible citizens are the chinos in america. and so you are starting to see these new voters. 20% of all latino voters in this election are going to be new. no party loyalty at all. ■mi've gone on univision and telemundo and i've seen it. the conversations they are holding on policy and elections across their viewership and i think that has balanced the conversation within the teedo un more. i think the republican■0■ñ is very familiar, engaging and connecting with the latino community.

i think all these sort of factors are tilting latinos toward the central right much more. host: if you look at exit polling about 65% of latino voters giving their support to you think that is going to chanrastically? guest: it has. example, the ■]■6base has always been for the republican party in rural states and males. and for the democratic party it was urban, college-educated women and youth. over. they are becoming much more conservative, much more central right. and women are starting to pay more attention, pe women. so i think that those are the blocks that are starting to distance themselves away.

host: marilyn, democrat line. caller: thanks for taking my call. big c-sp fan and turned on today andr. just wanted to say■les i am an d white guy but i totally decided to -- those people of color. as a, it makes me sad. i like to hear discussion on fixing this. and as i'm listening to you guys talk, the question was asked who you are funding this with. you mentioned the coat brothers. i had a question. retirement and a lot of the books i read was dark money, which highlights

the lives and times of charles and david. and i'd be curious to know if you've read that book and if you have, how it expins your waffling on supporting trump because the brothers actually are not big trump supporters. but they are in line with his ideas.one of the main takeawaysm the book that i got was their main objective was essentially to eliminate all of government except for the military to protect them. so what was your thought on the dark money if you have read it? guest: i mean look, americans get to voice their opinions.

they get to advocate for policies they believe in. they get to try to persuade fellow citizens and petition their leaders for policy change to try to make a way for the kinds of candidates they want elected. r6it takes resources to do that. so we have a structure in place that allows within the law a framework which we comply with ■u100% to advocate for those policies or those electionse changes. so that is what we do. the left does it, the center-right does it. all we do is practice within the law. or do we stand down and just let that doesn't make any sense. i'll tell you a story about charles koch who is a friend of mine who i dearly admire and respect. we are addressing some folks who are supporters, a

showed a pastor in an alley with these bikers and they were holding hands and they were praying because they were addicted to drugs and they needed help, some kind of spiritual change that is needed. pastor, and so i ceded the podium to charles and he came up and his -- he had tears in his eyes and he said this is why we do this, because we are changing lives. we are improving lives so that they can fulfill their potential. and i just admired him so much. he takes the spears.

he takes the attacks. he doesn'have to do this. but he makes the sacrifice to do this with his own resources and puts his name out there. they oppose his ideas may be of having a free america, a free country, a free people, trading freely. if you are in opposition to that, you are in opposition to that. but you have to respect his rights as an american. as you have to respect mine as i respect yours. that is what we do america. host: independent line, pat, hello. guest: caller: i wanted to speak to a couple things. çthe guest talked about regulations. i was a business owner before i retired in one of the things i really hate is what people won't do right.

my daughter when she went to college, i paid half the amount. they now separate not justhe fes now that my grandson is actually going to school. and i don't have a problem even though i paid cash for my daughter to go to school. the burden for some of these people are so high because of the tuition increases. if we can pay for all the money forar, we need to be able to pay for these student loans to be abated. money that we spent during covid for people who goeven some of our legislato did not have to pay that money back. they were already getting a salary, why should they than in fact take government money? free is not free enterprise in this country. black people in this country built this country. they stole people from another

country with their skills and to be quite honest with you for as long as we thing here, we are not as far as we should be. want to talk about free? your cell phone and many other things that black people did. it was free for some people but it wasn't free for others. it is the drug activity that is making it unsafe and some of the southern countries. so it's not just -- host: you put a lot there for the guest, i will let him respond0. guest: i progress in america can only be as swift as our progress in education. education can position some people for success. making the right life decisions. staying away from jail, illegitimacy, getting college degrees or at least a haskell diploma. learning a language, all that. my parents when they came to america didn't know english. didn't have a hkell diploma.

they didn't know how to start a business. they had a fourth grade education, farmworker. and yet they achieve the american dream. they learn the language, got their driver's license, started a business and became successful and positioned me for success. in america, you have to work hard. but that is the promise. you put in the work and then you get the results. i believe strongly in a haskell education. as a farmworker growing up until i was 19 years of age, because of my life situatioi didn't finl because i was working in the fields in the orchard in california, washington and nebraska. i had to overcome those barriers. got my ged, went off to college and got back on track. i don't regret one thing that happened in my life.

one hardship, one sacrifice that i had to make. i am now grateful for what i have. ajas americans, sometimes we loe track of that. there is a sense of gratitude.>÷ i started this by saying this is a country that anybody with nothing from anywhere can achieve anything. what we had to help people to overcome these barriers. to helthem learn the language, ticket haskell diploma. 33% of latinos don't have a haskell diploma. something like 50% of us don't ve a drivers license. these are major barriers to opportunity that we have to address is americans. the former caller talked about the plight of minorities. i believe strongly that those who keep to themselveselderly, d

folks, veterans, the government, we must take care of it. it is our responsibility. regardless of the circumstances, they are able-died people. we should be creating opportunities. jobs are the best way to get people back on track. give them a purpose in life or they can earn their achievements. when you give people purpose, watch them go. they are going to achieve incredible things. regulations are important and there have to be basic regulations that make sense. but sometimes you just go too far. just one regulation on top of another in a way that is more accelerated than these burdens and regulations.

host: the libre initiative, daniel garza serves as their president. ■9earl in indiana, republican line. caller: mr.garza, i really appreciate you being on there today. others who have been on there make no sense but i am a moral man of 87 years old. i work hard, i had seven children. i worked my butt off. i children are a joy. that is my life, my children. >> we will bring the u.s. house. lawmakers are bills and awarding