My father in law is Puerto Rican, and certainly not born to a wealthy family, but most of his family is Republican. They also know many people from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere who came from very poor areas and are still staunchly Republican.

They’ve been convinced that they “made it the right way” and that all these other people who are just like them are somehow trying to cut in line or get free handouts. They can’t see that these people are in the same scenario they were in, or even the same scenario they’re in now. It’s all just falling for propaganda.