CNN anchor John King reports that people who voted for President Donald Trump appear to be souring on his economy in this red Colorado district.
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Colorado’s 8th Congressional district swung hard Republican in 2024 largely because of the district’s 40 percent Latino populace, which Trump won over with sweet talk on improving the economy. But 56 days before the midterm elections has Latinos in that same district spinning sharply against Republicans and Trump.
Worse, their welling rancor at Trump’s high gas prices and inflation could have terrible consequences for Republican incumbent congressman Gabe Evans, who is facing progressive state representative Manny Rutinel in a few months as Trump watches his 2024 gains among Latino voters melt away.
Miko Rios is a Platteville, Co., business owner who took charge of the Silver Spur restaurant when his mother died last year. He is 2024 Trump voter who is not impressed with the delivery on Trump’s promises.
“The charisma caught my attention. I felt like we were a little stagnant for a while, and I wanted some, some change,” Rios told King.
But margins are down and costs keep going up for everything, including flour for the homemade bread keep going up, Rios complains, despite Trump’s 2024 promise that he would lower costs quickly.
“I don’t believe it has changed the economy. I feel like right now is hard for small businesses, and that’s why our supplies, our insurance, our cost of living has gone up so much,” said Rios, adding that Congress has also done nothing in its first term to help him.
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“Not that I can feel. Nothing comes to mind,” Rios told King.
Adams County, meanwhile, is a blue southern district consisting of suburban neighborhoods within sight of the Denver skyline. King reports Trump ran stronger among Latinos here in 2024, and that helped carry Congressman Evans over the finish line. But resident Manny Tejada — a Republican — and his wife, Alexandra, say they are seeing a lot of longtime Democrats who voted for Trump in 2024 because of inflation and because of Biden’s immigration policies, fade back out of Trump’s corner.
“The cost of aluminum, I want to say for the last three, four years, it’s double or more,” Alezandra Tejada told King.
“You think it’s going to swing back to the Democrats this time?” Kind asked Manny Tejada.
“I think so. I think so,” he answered. “You know [the people] Trump targeted were hardworking people were people of faith. So when you start attacking, you know, our community, then everybody, you know, comes together and says, ‘hey, this is this is not right.”
“It’s a fascinating district,” added King. “Literally one of a handful of 50/50 districts across the country — a true bellwether battleground.”
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