THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

And one group that is getting motivated by The Orange Humperdoo is the Latino community. Which makes his choice of remarks at his latest taxpayer funded campaign rally a pretty bad one.

President Donald Trump asked voters to elect Republicans to Congress who will give him enough cash to build a massive border wall. He vowed to crack down on immigrants who commit crimes. And he blamed Democrats for supporting cities that refuse to cooperate with U.S. agencies trying to enforce immigration law.

“The new platform of the Democratic Party is radical socialism and open borders,” Trump told a raucous crowd at the Las Vegas Convention Center Thursday night.

But as he tries to appeal to voters in the swing state of Nevada where nearly one in five residents is an immigrant, Trump’s tough talk may end up motivating voters to help Democratic candidates in the midterm elections in November.

“For the Latino community, it is a huge issue. We’re living under an administration that has inflicted fear in our communities.” said Viridiana Vidal, state director for America’s Voice in Nevada. “I’m Latina. I’ve been living in Las Vegas for 15 years. And I know this is something that is moving my people. I know this is something that is moving my community.”

As Republicans try to hold onto control of Congress, Trump continues to campaign on immigration — often speaking about it at his campaign rallies, like the one he held in Las Vegas — even in states like Nevada that he lost to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump has campaigned in other states with high immigrant populations, including Florida, Texas and California, where polls show Hispanics are already more likely to vote for Democrats than Republicans.

“All over the world, they’re going to be pouring into California,” Trump said Thursday. “Republicans want to protect the safety net for the truly needed Americans. People who need help. Not for illegal aliens who come into our country illegally.”

Inside the convention center, the crowd chanted “build the wall” even before Trump mentioned the wall. Outside, a small group of protesters gathered, one holding a sign “my mom was an immigrant.”

In recent weeks, Trump has seized on calls by several prominent Democrats for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to be either abolished or reworked and dubbed it “soft on crime.”

In the battleground state of Florida, Latinos make up more than one of every six registered voters. In Texas, they make up one out of every four registered voters. Both states are home to competitive Senate races this year. More than 1 million Latin voters will cast ballots in both Texas and Florida, according to NALEO.

Attacking the group that makes up anywhere from 10 to 25% of the voters is a novel strategy and hopefully one that will fail miserably.