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Veronica Escobar: “During the Hillary campaign, there was a lot of talk about…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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A conversation with Texas congressional candidate Veronica Escobar of El Paso

Published | Video Starts at 26:55

Looking backward at the last 15 months, again, I kind of wonder, is everyone looking for a mulligan? Is that what's going on here? You know, I don't know. I mean, I do, again, I do think so. During the Hillary campaign, there was a lot of talk about the sleeping giant. Right. The Hispanic vote turning out. And in fact, well, even before that, I mean, we've been talking about that forever for years. Right. And again, it does not happen organically. (26:55–27:02)

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Asserts that there was significant discussion about mobilizing the Hispanic vote during Hillary Clinton's campaign.

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