Gustavo Arellano: Hold on to your donkeys, Democrats: Latinos going GOP in 2024 isn't that far-fetched
Imagine the following scenario:
Donald Trump enters the 2024 presidential election, but announces he's replacing former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate with a Latino. The former president argues it's about time everyone acknowledge what was once thought impossible: Latinos want to go Republican en masse.
He picks someone younger, more charismatic, and even more conservative than him — a child of an immigrant who grew up poor but pulled himself up by the proverbial bootstraps to succeed in the U.S. It's such an impeccable story that any accusations that Trump's choice is a vendido — a sellout — fall flatter and are cheesier than a quesadilla.
From East Los Angeles to South Texas, Little Havana — that Latinos are Republicans who just don't know it yet.
