Zeketayler
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There are so many #tiktok videos showing the effects of the #Desantis anti-immigrant policy. Empty construction sites, restaurants and shell businesses.

The Hispanic community might not be the same as it was in 1994 California, but something cataclysmic like this might start to flip the state Blue.
08:43 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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In 1994, California Republican Governor, while running for re-election, proposed Proposition 187 Known as the “Save Our State” initiative.
08:46 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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It would have denied all public services to illegal immigrants and forced all state employees to immediately report illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for deportation.
08:47 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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The Republican Party threw its financial support behind it and used other nativist talking points in order to win the election.

Proposition 187 was approved by the voters in November 1994. However, the proposition was intensely unpopular among Hispanics who were the targets of the proposition
08:48 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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Governor Pete Wilson was also intensely unpopular among Hispanics and other minorities in the state. What’s different is that Wilson’s unpopularity tainted the Republican Party and has lingered for decades after the 1994 vote.
08:48 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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A 2000 Tomas Rivera Policy Institute survey during the 2000 election revealed that 53 percent of Hispanic voters in California still associated the Republican Party with Pete Wilson.
08:49 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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Proposition 187, the other propositions, and Pete Wilson’s divisive campaign quickened Hispanic movement away from the GOP and toward the Democratic Party.
08:50 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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Two‐​thirds of the Hispanic turn away from the GOP occurred after the passage of Proposition 187. The anti‐​immigrant political strategy of the 1990s California GOP influenced Latino voters exodus from the GOP.
08:51 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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White voters were not turned away from the GOP as a result of Proposition 187 but the loss in Hispanic voters was far greater than any potential gain from white, explaining the GOP’s future defeats.
08:53 PM - May 12, 2023
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Zeketayler
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Will the same outcome happen in Florida? Time will tell.
08:54 PM - May 12, 2023
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K Ray
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Without labor to harvest crops now, FL farmers will be in danger of losing their land through bankruptcy, or forced sale. Billionaires/millionaires involved in real estate can swoop in, buy up a bunch of Florida land, then develop it, making a ton of cash!
01:08 AM - May 13, 2023
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Jennifer Saxman
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We can hope!
09:42 PM - May 12, 2023
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