The NBC-Telemundo poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris with a historically low level of support among Hispanics has begun to trigger some of the usual reactions at MSNBC, including the tired “adjacent to whiteness” trope.
WashPost Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart opened his The Sunday Show segment on the poll by barely being able to put together the words necessary to describe Harris’s 14-point lead among Hispanics in relation to past Democrat nominees:
JONATHAN CAPEHART: Trump’s rehashing of his race-baiting rhetoric comes as a new NBC News-Telemundo and CNBC poll shows that Harris has a 14-point lead over Trump among Latino voters. 54% to Trump’s 40%. Yes, that’s a big lead. But it’s a shrinking one. Down from- down from what might seem like a big lead it’s a shrinking one because…it…Donald…I’m sorry…President Biden…
