of that, senator chris kunz, delaware, sent a letter to senator chuck grassley saying these deeply concerned that based on new information we learned this week, donald trump jr. provided false testimony to the senate judiciary committee, saying he wants to renew his request to be called to return and testify before the committee in open hearing. what he s talking about is testimony in which donald trump jr. was asked the following question in front of congress. did other foreign governments offer to provide assistance to the trump campaign? don jr. answers, none that i know of. did other foreign nationals offer to provide assistance to the trump campaign? no. did you directly or indirectly seek foreign government or foreign nationals assistance for the trump campaign? no. are you aware of anyone else seeking foreign government or foreign national assistance for the trump campaign? i m not. did you ever tell anyone you d be receptive to assistance from northern governments or fo
that s the kind of vote that voters have to clue into. how is my congressman, who claims to be independent for the president, really acting when the hard votes come up? maria, we talk about this a lot over the years. what will activate this massive potential wave of latino voters across the country who voted almost half of their vote share at this point when you have the president building his tv show literally on the bodies of brown people, scaring his base and saying they re ms-13, they re animals. using this language and doing it so explicitly, something we haven t seen in american politics in a long time, is that the thing that actually makes this the a voting issue that gets these young people to the polls? trump was a voting issue in 2016. let s be very clear. the biggest misnomer is that latinos don t vote. 27 million latinos are eligible to vote. of those, 16 million are regist
massive potential wave of latino voters across the country who voted almost half of their vote share at this point when you have the president building his tv show literally on the bodies of brown people, scaring his base and saying they re ms-13, they re animals. using this language and doing it so explicitly, something we haven t seen in american politics in a long time, is that what makes this a voting issue that gets young people to the polls. trump was a voting issue in 2016. let s be clear, the biggest misnomer is latinos don t vote. 79 million actually went. the game is to expand the base so latinos have a fighting chance. there is such little appetite in making smart investments in the community. i can tell you they re going to
latinos. she s got better name recognition. and remember, she, in 2008, beat president obama, then-candidate obama, of course, nearly 2-1 when it came to the latino vote. so this is a comfortable base for her. we expect thousands of people out here at the event today. when you look at the bigger picture, though, jose, the conventional wisdom for decades has been that latinos don t vote. while that has been true, even has the population has grown among younger latinos, the millennial class, you could say, they have been slowly but steadily increasing vote turnout when you look statistically at the percentages. so that may be a focus for clinton today. right now it s a big age range of folks that are here, younger older. it s a real mix, but we ll see how ha develops throughout the day. i should also note republicans aren t ceding the latino vote. jeb bush announced 2800 new members of a leadership team, part of his outreach to this community. jose? hallie jackson, thank you very much.
now, do you think there s any chances of real frustration from the democratic side or any side? that says, hey, wait a minute, the democrats didn t deliver, maybe we should sit this one out? do you think it s a republican trick to make sure latinos don t vote? look, there is no question latino voters like many other americans are frustrated with lack of progress on a number of issues. where it comes to immigration, in particular, given the promises from the president, the number of deportations that are splitting families apart, we are frustrated and we want democrats to push harder. but frankly, as a community, we have also seen a united brick wall on the republican side when in the past there used to be collaboration and bipartisan work. we believe that in order for us to make progress we have to hold and keep the pressure on both parties. staying home is not going to do that. so what do you do, though? that s a tricky question. now, if you think you ve lost the republicans and