Thread by @NickBaumann

"Many Democrats I’ve spoken with believe that renouncing virtually all in-person organizing and campaigning was especially damaging for Democrats among Latino voters," @RonBrownstein reports: bit.ly/3dJi66k

@RonBrownstein “Taking your army off the field as Democrats did” and thereby giving Republicans “complete control of the field—being at people’s doors … being in the bars, + being in the barrios—that was stupid on our part,” @BetoORourke told @RonBrownstein: bit.ly/3dJi66k

@RonBrownstein @BetoORourke "Roughly two in five Latino men, and one in three Latino women, say police killings of unarmed black men are isolated incidents, not part of a pattern—a view that’s common among Republicans but overwhelmingly rejected among Black people + white liberals." bit.ly/3dJi66k

@RonBrownstein @BetoORourke "In the exit polls, nearly half of Latino voters expressed an unfavorable opinion of Black Lives Matter, an even more negative balance than among white people, according to Edison’s results." bit.ly/3dJi66k

@RonBrownstein @BetoORourke More from @BetoORourke: "'Trump was able to seize on this false choice of: Do you want to be locked down and have to wear a face mask and not have a job, or have a job?' Trump’s message came through as 'Fuck the scientists … I’m for jobs.'” bit.ly/3dJi66k

Because Biden will benefit from incumbency and a reopened economy, "virtually every Democratic officeholder or operative I spoke with expects Biden to increase his share of the Latino vote if he runs again," @RonBrownstein reports: bit.ly/3dJi66k

@RonBrownstein Latinos "will be entering the electorate in huge numbers for the foreseeable future" + "constitute the largest potential source of growth for each party’s coalition." Read @RonBrownstein's definitive look at 2020 and the future of the Latino vote: bit.ly/3dJi66k