Bakari Sellers, a former Democratic lawmaker and current CNN political commentator, criticized the party's “very ignorant” approach to Latino voters.
Appearing on the podcast “Political Roots,” Sellers expressed alarm at the Biden campaign's lack of outreach to minority communities in the run-up to the president's re-election bid.
But Sellers took some criticism of the Democratic Party's broader response to the Latino community in particular.
“We approach the Latino community in a very ignorant way,” Sellers said. said on the podcast It was released on Sunday.
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CNN political analyst Bacari Sellers criticized Democrats' “very ignorant” approach to Latino voters. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images, Operation Hope)
“Yeah, it's like they're a monolithic group,” podcast host Michael Starr Hopkins agreed.
“You're right. And it frustrates me,” Sellers continued. “Democrats use words like ‘Latino,’ you know that.”
“Latinos don't use it,” Hopkins interjected.
“That's right,” Mr. Sellers said. “So we treat Cubans the same way we treat Venezuelans…the same way we treat Salvadorans. I mean, it's just, weird.”
“That's insulting,” Starr said.
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Sellers voiced alarm over Team Biden's lack of support for minorities heading into the 2024 election. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
“That's insulting,” Sellers agreed. “And we think they don't care about issues like crime, they don't care about issues like the economy. So we're saying we're going to do something about immigration and Dreamer issues. Just, that’s a good thing.’ That’s it. ”
“So it's like sending a message to Black people about criminal justice reform. We need more than that,” he continued. “You know, the president and vice president have done a good job on issues that directly impact our communities. But I want to say this all my life: [except] To Bill Clinton, we were just terrible messengers. ”
Sellers served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014 and then ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat, running against his Republican rival Henry McMaster, who ran in the same district as the then-South Carolina governor. was defeated. Nikki Haley.
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A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll showed Mr. Trump leading Mr. Biden by 5 percentage points among Hispanic voters. (Fox & Friends/Screenshot)
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Polls show President Biden's support among Latino voters is plummeting ahead of the 2024 election.
A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows President Trump losing among likely voters, 34% to 39%.
Meanwhile, President Trump's support among Latino and Black voters increased in the 2020 election compared to the 2016 election, from 28% to 35% among Latino voters and from 6% to 8% among Black voters. He said he jumped up. FOX News Voter Analysis at that time.
