It was the Los Angeles Hispanic Republican Club’s potluck party for President Trump’s State of the Union address, but there was a problem:Not many Hispanics showed up. The Hispanic Republican Club opened chapters in Ventura and Orange counties. His father came to the United States from Mexico illegally then became a pioneering Mexican restaurateur in Los Angeles. Obama deported more people.”Various political flyers for various republican candidates sit on a table at the offices of L.A. Hispanic Republican Club on Tuesday in Woodland Hills. When I and a Times photographer thanked the group and left, the number of Latinos at the Los Angeles Hispanic Republican Club State of the Union potluck, already small, dropped by a quarter.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 25, 2026 23:16 UTC