AS IT IS 2016-07-20 Hispanic Doctor Will Make Case for Supporting Trump

AS IT IS 2016-07-20 Hispanic Doctor Will Make Case for Supporting Trump¹

Ralph Alvarado became the first Hispanic elected to state office in Kentucky when he won his state Senate race in 2014.

On Wednesday night, Alvarado, a medical doctor, will give a speech to the Republican National Convention.

His convention speech is important for Donald Trump. Trump is struggling to win Hispanic support. According to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, Trump has the support of only 14 percent of Hispanics.

Alvarado and Adryana Boyne, a Texas delegate to the Republican convention, were angry over Trump’s statements about Mexicans and his call to remove 11 million illegal immigrants. Both backed other candidates for the Republican nomination³.

But both Alvarado and Boyne told VOA they believe Trump will make a better president than the likely Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Alvarado said conservative policies supported by Trump and Republicans are better for Hispanics and other Americans than liberal programs backed by Clinton and Democrats⁴.

“Many Hispanics have been here for several generations and they came here, like my own parents, after waiting in line and doing it legally,” Alvarado said. “What is lost in this debate is that Donald Trump knows the power of immigration. His wife is one.”

Alvarado is one of two Hispanics scheduled to speak at the four-day Republican convention. Also speaking is Senator Ted² Cruz of Texas, who lost to Trump for the Republican nomination. At the 2012 Republican convention, there were nine Hispanic speakers, according to news reports.

Hector Barreto is chairman of The Latino Coalition⁵. He said Hispanic voters want details about Trump’s plans for the economy and national security. And they also want to see “more respect” from Trump, Barreto said.

“We don’t feel he’s been talking to our community with the kind of respect you expect from a candidate who is asking for their vote,” Barreto said.

Boyne, the Texas Republican delegate, said Trump has taken steps to make her feel better about his campaign. For example, Boyne credits Trump with selecting “a good person with a good record as his vice⁶ presidential candidate.”

Last week, Trump named Mike Pence, the conservative Republican governor of Indiana, as his running mate.

But Boyne wants Trump to do more. She hopes Trump will apologize for a statement he made when he first announced he was running for president -- 13 months ago.

At the time, he said, Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

“Maybe, he thinks apologizing will make him look weak,” said Boyne, host of a Spanish-language radio show. “But I think it would make him look stronger.”

The Hispanic vote is important. Hispanics now make up 17 percent of the population.

The Asian-American votes

On Monday, the first day of the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, delegates heard a speech from Kimberly Yee. She is the first Asian-American elected to the Arizona State Legislature.

In her speech, she spoke⁷ about how her great grandparents came to the United States from China at the start of the 20th century. Like so many immigrants, they hoped for a better life, Yee said.

Her parents, she said, “taught me that I could achieve anything I wanted in this great country.”

On Monday, she told delegates she supports Donald Trump for president.

“It is time for us to get back to our conservative Republican values that make our nation great,” Yee said. “We cannot endure the next four years like we’ve had for the past eight. And it is because of these principles that I support Donald J. Trump for president.”

But, as is the case with Hispanic voters, the Trump campaign faces problems with getting Asian-American votes.

A May poll by Asian Americans Advancing Justice said 62 percent of Asian-American voters have a favorable view of Hillary Clinton, compared to only 19 percent for Trump.

Asian-Americans now represent six percent of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census⁸ Bureau.

Words in This Story

Hispanic -- n. a person of Latin American descent living in the United States

schedule -- v. a plan of things that will be done and the times when they will be done

respect -- n. a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious, etc., and should be treated in an appropriate way

credit -- v. praise or special attention that is given to someone for doing something or for making something happen

select -- v. to choose

statement -- n. something that you say or write in a formal or official way

achieve -- v. to get or reach a goal by working hard

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。