Throughout this month, people have watched scenes unfold in Los Angeles that are as destructive as they are delusional: masked rioters vandalizing property, blocking traffic, clashing with police, and waving foreign flags as if the United States were their enemy. Their chants and slogans are loud, but their grasp of reality is paper-thin.
Let’s be clear: These rioters don’t represent Hispanic America. They live in a bubble, one fueled by social media echo chambers and radical activist ideology. They seem to believe they’re speaking on behalf of all Hispanics, but nothing could be further from the truth. President Donald Trump won the highest Republican share of the Hispanic vote in history while running explicitly on a tough border security platform. That’s not a fluke. It’s a sign of where real Latino voters are.
The vast majority of us aren’t out in the streets with megaphones. We’re clocking into work, raising families, going to church, and contributing to one of the most dynamic success stories in modern U.S. history. These protesters might have time to shut down freeways. Most people don’t. They have jobs to get to, children to care for, and bills to pay…