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... Hispanics were central to the coalition that powered Trump's re-election in 2024, even after inflammatory rhetoric on the campaign trail, including a comedian calling the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" at one of Trump's rallies. But their support has softened amid continued high prices, discontent over tariffs and his administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.

Some of Trump's staunchest Latino allies called Republican attacks on the global music star " and on a performance widely seen as a rare prime-time celebration of Latino culture " a political misstep as the party fights to hold its razor-thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Several key House races are unfolding in Hispanic-heavy districts, including in California, Arizona and Colorado.

"It's going to do us more damage than good," said Vianca Rodriguez, a former Trump administration official who served as deputy Hispanic communications director for the Republican National Committee during the 2024 campaign. "That shouldn't have been a battle to have been picked culturally." ...