Retired UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz appeared swinging on Wednesday’s “Jesse Watters Prime Time” in President Biden’s push to rally Latino voters for the 2024 presidential election. I objected.
“It’s pandering at its worst. It’s pretty embarrassing what they’re trying to do,” Ortiz, a former interim mayor of Huntington Beach, Calif., told Watters. “I’ve been watching this for the last three and a half years, and I wonder how much longer it will take our country to get people to stand up.”
“My Latino friends, the people who are waiting in line to cross the border, it’s no longer Mexicans who are crossing the border. It’s people from every other country.”
Ortiz expressed concern about the current state of the country, warning that there is no telling what America will become unless individuals “stand up and make their votes heard.”
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“For me, this is really difficult because as a blue-collar man with three boys and their future, I have to stand up and make my voice heard,” Ortiz said. said.
Ortiz is a former California business owner who once owned five stores, but “lost everything” in 2020. After this setback, the former UFC fighter relocated to Florida, where he opened Tito’s Cantina Tequila Bar & Grill in Cape Coral to “relive the American dream.” . ”
The retired UFC star shared his thoughts on Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run and expressed why he’s proud to have the former president in his corner.
EAGLE PASS, Texas – FEBRUARY 29: Former President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to Eagle Pass, Texas on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Trump will be accompanied by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. ((Photo by: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, Getty Images))
“Please understand, I’ve known Donald Trump since 2000. I fought at his casino at the Trump Taj Mahal. I worked with him on Celebrity Apprentice, “I worked to find out what kind of businessman he was, what kind of person he was.” What kind of father was he? What kind of patriot was he for this country? What a billionaire does for this country. That he’s willing to stand up and risk everything to protect this country, hats off to him, and I’ll be rooting for him until the day he dies. “
“That’s how I feel, and I think there are a lot of Latinos who feel the same way, because they believe that we have faith, that we have families, that we have freedom. I’m coming to this country to find out.”
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Ortiz acknowledged that the US southern border is a “chaos” and criticized Biden’s policies and legislation.
“You can see right across the border in Texas, Arizona, California. It’s just a disaster that the Border Patrol is unable to address, and that’s because of the laws and policies that the Biden administration has in place right now.”
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, a group of more than 100 immigrants storms the border wall trying to enter the United States illegally. In the process, the migrants mow down the Texas National Guard before being stopped by the border wall. (James Breeden, New York Post/Mega)
“These are things this country can’t lose. Once you lose it, there’s no going back. People need to understand that it’s time to take America back. Because we can’t lose America. ,” Ortiz said.
“For the future of our children, for the future of all those who are trying to cross the border legally. Because again, it’s not just Mexicans who are crossing the border. “People need to understand that. Child trafficking exists. “Drugs are out there. Cartels are doing all the things that the American people don’t like.”
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“We need to come together,” Ortiz said. “We have to make sure we make America great again, because that’s so important.”
The Hispanic voter base is considered one of the most valuable demographics for candidates in the 2024 presidential election. The Latino population continues to grow, but its historic relationship with the Democratic Party is on the rocks.
U.S. President Joe Biden applauds during an election event at a Mexican restaurant in the Phoenix area of Arizona, U.S., March 19, 2024. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
President Biden campaigned in Nevada, Arizona and Texas this week to mobilize Latino voters.
According to Pew Research, Biden won 59% of the Hispanic vote in 2020, compared to 38% for Trump.
A New York Times/Siena College poll earlier this month found former President Trump leading Biden by 6 points among Hispanic voters.
FOX News’ Mija Masler, Timothy Nerozzi and Kyle Morris contributed to this report.
