Latino musician and Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido appeared on “CNN This Morning” Wednesday, where he called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for he r use of the term “Latinx.” The term, pronounced “Latin-X,” has been pushed into the mainstream in recent years by academics, activists, and entertainers as an alternative to the gendered words “Latino” and “Latina,” but it has failed to catch on.

Pulido said that while some in New York City and California may use the term to describe Latino individuals, “people down here don’t speak that way.”

Host Audie Cornish noted that during the 2024 election, one issue that was brought to the forefront of discussion was the “backlash to progressive policy language,” and more specifically, in the Latino community, the conversa

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