Donald Trump, asked about his message to the Latino community and why they should vote for him, responded by citing the "happy" Latino employees at his Doral golf resort near Miami.
"They are so happy. They love their job. They can't _ one of them got up this morning and actually said, 'We can't wait to get to work.' It was so incredible. And they love their job," Trump said in an interview on a Spanish talk radio station in Miami.
"They love what they're doing, and you know, I have thousands over the years, thousands and thousands of Hispanic employees from all over, from all over, from all different countries, but thousands," Trump said. "Many, many Cubans work for me. Incredible people."
The Republican nominee was responding to a question from Radio Mambi's Ninoska Perez Castellon. "In view of all the negative publicity, what would you say to the Hispanic community? Why should the Hispanic community feel safe voting for you?"
After praising his golf resort and his employees, Trump predicted he would do "very well" with Latino voters.
"I think we're going to get tremendous, we're going to get tremendous votes, and I also think we're going to do really well with the Cuban community. But I've been doing well with the Cuban community because they understand what I _ how I feel," he said.
Trump kicked off his presidential bid last year by characterizing many Mexican migrants as criminals and rapists. In campaign events, he vows to build a tall wall along the southwest border of the U.S. to stop illegal immigration.
He has consistently done poorly in polls of Latino voters.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this month showed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beating Trump 67 percent to 17 percent among Latino voters in a four-way race with Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
