Trump targets 2024 Hispanic vote as rivals gather for Miami debate

Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, will stage a rally outside Miami on Wednesday to court Hispanic voters seen as important to 2024 electoral victory as his party rivals gather to debate again without him.
The rally in the Cuban American stronghold of Hialeah is aimed in part at boosting Trump’s support among Hispanics in Florida, campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said. Trump’s support among Hispanics, the fastest-growing ethnic and racial group in the U.S. electorate, swelled during his 2020 campaign.
The locations of both events – the debate will be a half-hour away in Miami-Dade County – underscore the potential for both Trump and his rivals with a demographic increasingly disillusioned by cultural and economic policies on the left.
“We picked up a lot of voters and they continue to trend our way,” said Christian Ziegler, chair the Republican Party of Florida, referring to 2020 and 2022. “That’s why you see both the debate and the rally location being announced there.”