Hispanic leaders blast the left's portrayal of Latino electorate: 'A degradation to who we are'

Conservative Hispanic leaders are speaking out against the left's portrayal of the Latino electorate, arguing they're a group of Americans with real values that drive their economic and voting decisions, rather than a voting blocked based on race and ethnicity.

A piece published last March by The New York Times questioned what was driving Latino men to vote Republican, admitting it was a "vexing" question for Democrats who were bleeding support, while a November op-ed published in The Hill appeared to serve as a shocked call to action for Democrats to woo back Latino voters who voted Republican in the Virginia gubernatorial election just a few days earlier.

Speaking with Fox News Digital, the group of notable Hispanic leaders pilloried the media's shocked reactions to Latino voters appearing to leave the Democratic Party in droves, and slammed them for perpetuating the idea that Latinos belonged to a left-wing party despite many maintaining conservative values when it came to a number of different policy positions.