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John B. King Jr.: “These 'certain people' are voters; they are Americans. And when people talk like this, and then the Latinos vote…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2016
These 'certain people' are voters; they are Americans. And when people talk like this, and then the Latinos vote overwhelmingly for the other guys, you wonder why is this happening? Well, guess why it's happening.

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John King discusses the implications of rhetoric used by the Trump campaign regarding voters and the impact on Latino voting.

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