Eva Longoria endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' re-election campaign in Arizona... after slamming Donald Trump

13/05/2024

Eva Longoria has hopped on the political train just months before the Presidential election by organizing an event in Arizona to mobilize the Latina vote for the Biden-Harris ticket, set for Monday night.

The 49-year-old actress - who is quittin Los Angeles and moving to Spain with her family - is set to speak to crowds in Phoenix on Monday and will emphasize stopping Donald Trump.

The event is said to slam the former president who the campaign says 'has demonized Latinos throughout his political career.'

According to TMZ 'she plans on speaking to moms and young Latinas about the importance of voting - specifically, voting for JB and KH to keep the White House.'

The Desperate Housewives star has been a long time supporter of President Biden and her event appearance is said to be one of many celebrity endorsements.

Eva Longoria has hopped on the political train just months before the Presidential election by organizing an event in Arizona to mobilize the Latina vote for the Biden-Harris ticket

Per TMZ 'she plans on speaking to moms and young Latinas about the importance of voting - specifically, voting for JB and KH to keep the White House'; seen in 2023 with Biden

This isn't the first time the brunette beauty has endorsed the Biden-Harris campaign and expressed her support for the incumbent.

Just last June, the multihyphenate screened her film 'Flamin' Hot' at the White House with the support of the President.

The Democratic activist has kept in touch with her Latina identity and always had plans to make young girls influential force in the U.S.

'I knew I wanted to help Latinas specifically reach their full potential,' she told Hota Kotb on the Today Show as part of NBC's 2023 Inspiration List. 'That's a big idea but just telling people you believe in their potential, it's a big deal.

'I'm the optimist, all my friends are all "can you turn down the optimism," but I'm always saying "this can happen, we can do this,"' she added.

According to NBC News, only 7.7% of acting roles go to Latinos despite the group making up 20% of the population.

Longoria admitted she felt unprepared for the success she found on Desperate Housewives so she went back to school at age 35 to get her Master's in Chicano Studies.

She studied at California State University at Northridge and her thesis was Success STEMS From Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers.

'I really needed to figure out where I'm going to have effective, sustainable change even if it's with one family, even if it's with one person,' she said.

Longoria took things a step farther at age 40 - she learned Spanish, telling Kotb that 'language is an entryway into understanding a culture in its entirety and I just had this sudden urge - I needed to speak Spanish.'

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The Democratic activist has kept in touch with her Latina identity and always had plans to make young girls influential force in the U.S.; seen in April

Longoria admitted she felt unprepared for the success she found on Desperate Housewives so she went back to school at age 35 to get her Master's in Chicano Studies

She and her husband José Bastón welcomed their son Santiago in 2018 when she was 44

She and her husband José Bastón welcomed their son Santiago in 2018 when she was 44.

Longoria appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show last June where she revealed that her son makes fun of how she speaks Spanish.

His native language is Spanish having grown up in Mexico City. 'He's super fluent and corrects me all the time and he does it with, like, attitude,' she told Clarkson.

Longoria explained that her son says, 'Oh my god, Mom!' when she makes a mistake in Spanish and joked that her response to Santiago is to tell him, 'easy, easy!'

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