Lopez Obrador Urges US Hispanic Voters to Not Support DeSantis La-Lista
go to original May 27, 2023

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after he unveiled his candidacy for the Republican Party in the next elections in the United States.

"All his politicking about migrants was because he wants to be the Republican candidate, yesterday he unveiled his candidacy," he said.

From the morning press conference at the National Palace, the Mexican president called on Hispanics in the U.S. not to vote for DeSantis because of his public statements against migrants.

"What he applied in Florida, an anti-migrant policy... I hope Hispanics in Florida wake up and do not give him any vote, do not vote for those who persecute migrants, those who do not respect migrants," said Lopez Obrador.

"Since they are very hypocritical, they may have migrants working at their service," added the president.

Likewise, he referred that DeSantis' campaign is focused on discrediting Mexico with the issue of fentanyl trafficking, but, he pointed out, the drug could also be entering through Florida.

"He also brought up the fentanyl issue, thinking that with that he is going to get the vote, but he had better start looking at it, because one day fentanyl will reach Florida, because it has been proven that it does enter from Asia to the U.S.," he said.

According to the Hispanic Federation, almost five million Latinos live in Florida, which represents 60% of the total population.

The current governor of Florida announced this May 24 that, if he wins the US presidency, he will close the border with Mexico to combat the fentanyl crisis plaguing the region.

DeSantis formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, promising to lead the country to a "great comeback."

"I am running for president to lead our great American comeback," DeSantis wrote on his Twitter account, accompanied by what is his first official campaign video for the Republican primaries, in which former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) is the favorite.

See the original at La-Lista

Related: Ron Desantis Proposes Closing the Border With Mexico if He Wins the U.S. Presidency (La-Lista)

Related: Biden Adviser Refutes AMLO, Calls Mexico ‘Principal Pathway’ for Fentanyl in the U.S. (Border Report)

This material was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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