Largest Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS Action Fund, to endorse Biden for reelection
Source: CBS News
Updated on: May 14, 2024 / 7:18 AM EDT
The political arm of the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States will officially endorse President Biden for re-election on Tuesday from the battleground state of Arizona, CBS News has learned.
UnidosUS Action Fund will formally endorse the Biden-Harris ticket at an event in Phoenix that will also include the group announcing support for Congressman Ruben Gallego, the Democratic candidate in one of the most heated Senate races in the country. Gallego is in a close race with Republican Kari Lake, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has repeatedly echoed his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
"The choice for Latino voters is really clear," UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía told CBS News in an interview ahead of the endorsement. "With Biden, we can move forward and continue to advance on a path to progress and to a brighter future," Murguía said. "With Trump, we move backward to really extreme policies and to an economy that crushed Latino families when he was in office."
Murguía said the decision to endorse Mr. Biden included policies that she says will benefit the Latino community, such as expanding the Affordable Care Act to include DACA beneficiaries. Another factor was the threat of Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric, she said. "He's talking about mass deportations," Murguía said. "Not just at the border, but across communities. This would hurt families and destabilize communities and have a harmful effect on our national economy."
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