House GOP rushes to court critical voting bloc while facing uphill midterm battle
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are making their case to a critical voting bloc ahead of an election cycle that's expected to see the GOP fight an uphill battle to...
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FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are making their case to a critical voting bloc ahead of an election cycle that's expected to see the GOP fight an uphill battle to keep control of Congress. House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., was in South Florida late last week selling President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to Hispanic and Latino communities, and she told Fox News Digital she is confident Republicans can keep up their support with those voters ahead of November. "They have the same concern that any other American has. People have a tendency to stereotype them in that the only issue that Hispanics care about is immigration. And I'll tell you from my experience, that simply just isn't true," McClain said. The No. 4 House Republican was in Florida's 26th Congressional District, which includes part of the Miami suburbs, alongside its congressman, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. 'FICTION': HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CHAIR DISMISSES DEMOCRATS’ EXPANDING GOP TARGET MAP It's a victory tour that McClain has embarked on for months, but her stop in the Hispanic-majority district is of particular significance as Republicans work to defy years of historical precedent to keep control of the House in the coming election. Political convention dictates that the president's party faces significant losses in the next election after power changes hands. For the GOP to buck that trend, Hispanic voters across the country will be key — just as they were to Republicans' victory in 2024. RNC CHAIR SAYS 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' KEY PART OF GOP'S STRATEGY TO WIN SEATS IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS McClain dismissed predictions that Hispanic voters would be turned off by the GOP over Trump's immigration crackdown, arguing the issues she heard in Diaz-Balart's district were no different from those anywhere else. "I asked the same questions and listened the same in that district as I did in Ryan McKenzie's district," McClain said. "I will tell you, the idea that Hispanics only care…