Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on Thursday, targeted U.S. voters, advising Hispanic American voters to oppose Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, accusing the Republican of exploiting the plight of migrants to gain favor with the electorate in an attempt to win votes. …

The Mexican president rebuked those comments, saying DeSantis is just another politician looking to score points across different demographics.

“All of his playing politics with migrants was because he wanted to be the Republican party candidate,” López Obrador said during a press conference. “I hope the Hispanics of Florida wake up and don’t give him a single vote.”

(via Off the Press)

[I wonder if the FEC will force the DeSantis campaign to count this as an in-kind contribution? Just to remind everyone, DeSantis won the Hispanic vote in the 2022 gubernatorial election 58/40, so I think Hispanic voters might be more inclined to make up their own minds than to listen to AMLO. And why is Mexico’s president commenting on our elections and candidates anyway? If we did that in Mexico, the screams over ‘colonialism’ would be heard from Yucatan to Tijuana. — Ed]