{"id":2308,"date":"2020-01-20T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:45:47","slug":"lexit-movement-comes-to-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"LEXIT Movement Comes to San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Saturday, the \u201cLEXIT\u201d movement held a rally in Chula Vista. \u201cLEXIT,\u201d which was first inspired by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-32810887\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brexit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, represents \u201cThe Latino Awakening\u201d and focuses on Latinos who want to embrace more conservative values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday\u2019s event was hosted by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chileYpepper\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chile y Pepper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and featured a plethora of speakers and special guests including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joy_Villa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joy Villa<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTHopkins\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katie Hopkins<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedPillLatina\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natalia Godoy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Red Pill Latina)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anthony-cabassa-625b2267\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Cabassa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TheConservative.Latino)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marquezjesso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus Marquez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Latinos for Trump)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hidalgoforcongress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Hidalgo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Congrational Candidate 51st District)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/esther-valdes-clayton-08008949\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esther Valdez Clayton<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcoGutierrez\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marco Guti\u00e9rrez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Let\u2019s taco politics)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arturo.whipple\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arturo Whipple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lexit Youth ambassador)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christopherrrodriguez.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopher Rodriguez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Oceanside City counsel member)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/latinosformedicalfreedom.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latinos for Medical Freedom<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/project21\/staff\/adrian-norman\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adrian Norman<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Political-Organization\/Conservative-Comrades-729371687406984\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Conservative Comadres<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_StephanieMyers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steff Myers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MinisterVereta\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compton Conservative<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turnout for the event was excellent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPresident Donald Trump has done great things for our country, which you may already know, but he\u2019s also fighting against the liberal agenda. Across the board with the media, with democrats, with Hollywood, and with so many other groups that are pushing a socialist agenda on our country,&#8221; said Latinos for Trump member Jesus Marquez. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe need to stand behind our president to help him lead the country and to help him win in 2020 again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esther Valdez, an immigration attorney here in San Diego, said \u201cit\u2019s so incredibly important that America, and California, and more importantly San Diego, realize the importance of the LEXIT movement.\u201d She also mentioned that \u201cLatinos are naturally conservative\u201d and that they \u201cwant to protect the right to life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEXIT, or Latino EXIT from the Democrat Party, is a grassroots effort to help Latinos who are interested in adopting and embracing more conservative views and values. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZaOf0BCmb4\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZaOf0BCmb4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KUSI News (@KUSINews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KUSINews\/status\/1218571422110375938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The motive of LEXIT is very similar to that of BLEXIT, which was founded by conservative advocate Candace Owens, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, it is a modern-day renaissance, geared to free Latinos across the country from the permanent victimhood and identity politics inflicted upon them by the Democratic Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of Hispanic Republicans has been rising steadily, and the LEXIT movement will help to educate Latinos\u2019 on why they should vote conservative as well as ensure that conservative Latino voices are heard. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba On Saturday, the \u201cLEXIT\u201d movement held a rally in Chula Vista. \u201cLEXIT,\u201d which was first inspired by Brexit, represents \u201cThe Latino Awakening\u201d and focuses on Latinos who want to embrace more conservative values. 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