Staff Reports
Eva Longoria, known for her role on “Desperate Housewives,” canceled plans to host a campaign event supporting President Joe Biden in Phoenix. The Biden campaign called off the event, citing travel issues, on Monday. Longoria was expected to host an event rallying Latinas behind the president and arguing that former President Donald Trump has “demonized Latinos throughout his political career.” The campaign intended to highlight how Trump’s agenda would particularly harm Latinas and their families.
Hollywood Star Eva Longoria a No-Show for @JoeBiden Rally in AZ as President's Latino Support Falters🤣 via @WestJournalism https://t.co/iMYRXUS9ED
— Kenny, USA Patriot (@kennethy69) May 16, 2024
The campaign had publicized the event with news outlets like USA Today, The Hill, the U.K. Daily Mail, and the Arizona Republic. The cancelation comes as a recent poll showed Biden’s favorability among Latinos had fallen to 41 percent in March of this year, down from 53 percent in December 2021. A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday also showed Trump ahead in five of six key swing states that Biden carried in 2020, including Arizona.
According to the survey, Trump has a 49 to 42 percent lead over the president in the Grand Canyon State. The cross-tabs of the Times poll show Biden and Trump evenly splitting the Hispanic vote with 31 percent each, with independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. included in the race. If RFK Jr. is not on the ballot, Biden slightly edges out Trump 45 to 42 percent among Hispanics, with 12 percent undecided or declining to answer.
According to the Pew Research Center, Biden carried 59 percent of the Hispanic vote to Trump’s 38 percent in the 2020 election. Longoria is a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party, speaking at its 2012 and 2016 national conventions and at the Democratic Party’s virtual convention in 2020. This cancelation may be a sign of Biden losing Hispanic support, which could impact the 2024 election.
The campaign stated that Longoria had planned to argue that Biden’s 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, has ‘demonized Latinos throughout his political career’ and his agenda for a second term would particularly harm Latinas and their families. The campaign had publicized the event with news outlets like USA Today, The Hill, and the U.K. Daily Mail, in addition to the Arizona Republic, picking up the story in advance of it.
