Subject: Re: VIDEO REQUEST: Carlos Limon on Al Punto
From: "Manriquez, Pablo" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bhatnagar, Akshai" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Research_D <[email-masked]>, "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 08:21:22 -0700

Can we get this on fileshare? Having trouble logging into vantage.

On May 16, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Bhatnagar, Akshai <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Carlos Limon, Al Punto, Univisión, 5/15/16; VIDEO<https://toolbox.dnc.org/?tool_name=vantage%20uploader&path=vantageuploader.dnc.org/videos/shared_show?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE0NjM0MDU0MDcsImVtYWlsIjoiYmhhdG5hZ2FyYUBkbmMub3JnIiwiaWQiOjMxODY3MywiZG93bmxvYWRhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ._S675hvQBqzSGlRWoErgzXz247FEHO4Ys14uMW72EZM>
Trump supporter Carlos Limon (Advisor to Trump’s National Diversity Coalition) with Jorge Ramos.
1)      Says Latinos are emotional “by blood”
2)      Has no defense of Trump’s comments on women.
3)      Says he has no idea how Trump’s deportation plan would work.
4)      Says he’s never said he’s been treated badly by white people.
5)      Ends interview by saying he’s not even trying to convince Latinos to support Trump

-          Q: The latest polls I have say 87% of Latinos have a negative opinion of Donald Trump. 13% have a positive or neutral opinion.  Why are you supporting him?
-          From the last year when he announced – he has previous experiences that more or less verify what he’s been saying. I don’t take it very emotionally. I don’t think – I know that he knows that I’m not a criminal, or a rapist, or that I’m bringing drugs. But he’s pointing out a problem that exists, I understand.
-          Q: How’d you join the campaign?
-          I met him three weeks ago at Trump tower. It was very fast. It wasn’t him that reached out. The National Diversity Coalition. Someone from the campaign reach out and I said, ‘why not?’ and joined the team.
-          Q: You’re not offended when he’s insulted Mexicans? You were born in Mexico City.
-          I am 100% Mexican, I am proud to be Mexican. I think he’s very direct and I’m very objective and I don’t think he’s talking about me. I don’t think he’s talking about all Mexicans.
-          Q: Many people think he’s racist.
-          I don’t think he’s racist. One of the things I liked about Trump when I met him was that his staff is very diverse. I think a person of his magnitude, at that business level all over the world, doesn’t have the luxury of being racist.
-          Q: You don’t think what he’s said about Mexicans is racist?
-          I feel that he’s talking about a certain group of people. There are bad people crossing the border. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I presume he’s talking about them. But I don’t think he’s talking about me.
-          Q: His deportation plan would deport 15,000 people every day? Do you favor this?
-          No, not necessarily that. [shrugs awkwardly] I don’ know how he’s going to do it honestly. He’s said we have to stop the crossings and have a screening process. It’s very abrupt. And his way of speaking – it doesn’t always help, right?
-          Q: Repeats question.
-          Something has to happen. We have to stop this. I have a lot of dear friends who are in this very difficult position. I want my kids to have a sense of responsibility…
-          Q: Why are you supporting Trump but not this policy?
-          I support his ideas. But he has different way to do things. I have no idea how he’s going to do this. But I support a lot of what he’s said.
-          Q: 4.5 million children in the U.S., who were born in the U.S., have an undocumented parent. Do you want to deport their parents and leave them here alone? Or deport them with their parents?
-          No, these cases are very delicate and emotional. I hope Trump finds a solution. He’s very intelligent. I’m confident he can resolve this.
-          Q: He’s called women fat pigs, dogs, and animals. Do you agree?
-          With that about women in general? It’s known that he’s said that a few times in the entertainment world….
-          Q: Not just a few times. Repeatedly. Among many other insults?
-          No – obviously no, right?
-          Q: So why support him?
-          The truth is that he is has the intelligence to change somethings perhaps. In how he conducts [himself] on this.
-          I like he’s not a politician. He says what’s on his mind.
-          Q: Is that what he actually thinks about women?
-          That’s very offensive. But we have to look at the context – I don’t know what the context was.
-          Q: The context is very clear. These are things/insults he’s said about women.
-          It’s very hard. It’s something that I think can be changed easily.
-          Q: I don’t know. In a CNN interview<http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/05/09/watch-cnns-brooke-baldwin-shut-down-absurd-claim-hispanics-oppose-trump-because-theyre-emotional/210316>, you said many Hispanos oppose Trump because we’re emotional.
-          As Latinos, we have this blood, we’re highly emotional, we have different mannerisms, and we have someone this abrupt and direct and saying things that aren’t really that way, it easily offends us.
-          Q: How will you convince Latinos and Latinas to vote for Trump? Romney and McCain had better numbers and lost.
-          I’m not here exactly to convince people, I’m here to share my experiences and show a different face/side of Trump> I hope I can inspire someone to say ‘hey, why don’t I study more about him, get to know him differently.’
-          Q: When many Latinos see this interview, they won’t understand why you’re supporting Trump.
-          I’ve never been treated badly by white people. I’m just sharing my point of view and how I feel, based in my experience, while receiving a lot of criticism from my own people.
-          Q: What do they say on social media about you?

-          They say everything Jorge. I just read one or two messages and then stop.

Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
web: democrats.org<http://www.democrats.org/>
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC