Telenovela tycoons stepped in to hand Trump a 'shock' election assist: report

Donald Trump's surprising strength among Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential election can be traced to son-in-law Jared Kushner's relationship with two media executives from Mexico who used their pull to get him a coveted interview on Univision that left insiders at the network shocked, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal's Santiago Pérez and José de Córdoba reported tycoons Alfonso de Angoitia and Bernardo Gómez, known for their "longstanding influence of Grupo Televisa, a company that gained fame for taking soap operas, called telenovelas," have ties to Kushner dating back to the first Trump administration and helped set in motion the interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo that boosted Trump's election prospects with Hispanic viewers. The interview helped convert Trump — who had called Mexican migrants rapists and criminals — into a respectable candidate that Hispanics might consider supporting," the report stated before adding, " Acevedo dismissed criticism from colleagues that he was soft on Trump. According to the report, TelevisaUnivision’s news executives said the "numbers signaled a shift in voter intention toward Trump," which ultimately proved to be true.