Tim Kaine delivers Phoenix speech in Spanish on Latino voter impact, immigration

*Why stump in Arizona in Spanish? Because 13.2 percent of Arizona’s Latino vopters have already gone to the polls, that’s an increase from 2012. And because Real Clear Politics’ polling average gives Trump a 4 point advantage where in 2012 Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama by 9 points. Also, the margin of error among the most recent Arizona polls hovers between  3.5and 4.3.  VL


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PHOENIX — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine delivered a speech in Phoenix on Thursday on the importance of Latino voters and this election’s impact on immigration reform.

In his remarks, which were delivered in Spanish, Kaine focused on this history of Hispanics in America to show the demographic is not only part of America, but has been here since its founding.

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“People sometimes forget – and some may not even know – that the Hispanic community has been part of our country since the Spanish arrived in St. Augustine in 1565,” he said. “That was well before the British landed in North America.” READ MORE


[Screenshot of Tim Kaine in Pittsburgh on October 22nd courtesy of C-SPAN]

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