Thanks, Donald, for finally waking up the Latino vote!

by kos for Daily Kos Elections

Daily Kos Staff

Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 at 11:14:07am PDT

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Cheyenne High School on October 23, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama urged Nevadans to vote early one day after a record-breaking start to early voting in the swing state with almost 40,000 people going to the polls ahead of the November 8 general election. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) — Latinos are voting early, in crazy numbers. You should too!

This is what Republicans like Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer think of the Latino vote:

“Nah. They don’t get out and vote. They don’t vote.”

Normally, she’d be right. But that was before Donald Trump.

Florida:

Correction: Latino voter early-ballot PARTICIPATION is up 99% in Florida. (Pvs tweet said registration.)
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) October 24, 2016

California:

So, you wanna compare Vote By Mail rates to 2012 General? I'm game, but first... digest this... Who votes by mail has changed dramatically. pic.twitter.com/4aXYMQDXZO
— Paul Mitchell (@paulmitche11) October 21, 2016

After years and years and years of “sleeping giant” metaphors, Trump is finally waking us Latinos up. And if we see these kind of numbers replicated in places like Georgia, Arizona, and Texas, the GOP’s ability to win in the future will be severely compromised. And they might as well forget about Colorado and Florida.

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