ELECTION 2024

A Note to Latino and Hispanic Voters Who Support Donald Trump

Perhaps you’ve worn out your welcome

Sherry McGuinn
5 min readNov 1, 2024

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Author’s note: The following piece originally appeared in my Substack, Sherry Raw.

In any other reality, that would be a terrible thing to say. “You’ve worn out your welcome.” But we are in dire straits in the United States as we face a potential second term as president for a twice-impeached, convicted felon and adjudicated rapist.

Donald J. Trump has slammed people of color for as long as I can remember him sullying the public eye. In other words, for far too long. So, perhaps you’ll understand my frustration with, and anger at, those very individuals who Trump targets relentlessly, yet plan to vote for him, or, already have.

I live in a community with a sizeable Hispanic population. Because few people in our neighborhood talk to one another, I wonder about these people. What they’re thinking. Who they’re planning to vote for. IF they’re going to vote. I do know that they’re hard-working, family-oriented folks who know the difference between right and wrong. And, Donald Trump is wrong. Everything about him is wrong, evil and sick.

That said, from what I’ve read and seen, there are people in the Latino and Hispanic communities who…

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Sherry McGuinn
Sherry McGuinn

Written by Sherry McGuinn

Long-time writer and big-time dreamer. Screenwriter. Cat mama. Red lip aficionado. sherrymcguinn@gmail.com