Mario Guerrero, a 33-year-old home builder and executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, never thought he’d be in the national spotlight. But when ICE raids began devastating the Rio Grande Valley’s construction industry, the three-time Trump voter started speaking out, generating headlines and social media chatter for his guileless, often profanity-laden takes. He appeared in a widely-watched video by The New York Times in which he said, “‘I’ve supported Mr. Trump in every election he’s been part of. We just never thought this would come and affect us in the construction industry.” He told Politico, “South Texas will never be red again.” Such comments have provoked anger from the MAGA right, who see him as a traitor, and ridicule from the online left,…The post “Nobody’s Going to Vote for You Anymore”: A South Texas Builder Reckons With His Support for Trump appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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