GOP strategist Karl Rove is warning fellow Republicans that “diminishing” support for President Donald Trump, particularly from Hispanic American voters who were integral to his reelection in 2024, will pose a “big” problem for his party in the upcoming midterms.
Trump nabbed nearly half of the Hispanic vote in 2024, according to a study published in June by the Pew Research Center. He has since seen a whopping 70% of Hispanic voters say they disapprove of his job performance — largely over his handling of immigration.
Rove on Saturday discussed Trump’s hardline agenda on Fox News, citing new polls showing how deeply his approval rating has dropped among Hispanics amid ongoing tensions between federal immigration agents and residents in Minnesota and elsewhere.
When asked “how much of a problem” that is for Republicans, Rove replied simply: “Big.”
“Because this is a variable group whose movement into the Republican column in 2024 helped elect Donald Trump to a second term and helped Republicans hold the Senate and the House,” he told “Journal Editorial Report” host Gerard Baker. “But no — it’s a problem.”
