MIAMI—Former President Donald Trump hosted a “Latino Americans for Trump” roundtable at his hotel and resort in Miami-Doral, Florida, on Oct. 22, hours before Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a television interview with Hispanic television network Telemundo.
Both candidates are making pitches to Latino Americans in the final two weeks of the 2024 presidential election, especially as the historically Democratic-leaning voting block has been trending further toward Trump. A recent poll from USA Today–Suffolk University found Latino voters favor Trump over Harris 49 to 38 percent.
At the former president’s roundtable—which featured Latino business leaders and icons in South Florida GOP politics—Trump told attendees that he thinks the border is a more pressing issue than the economy….