Becerra pitches Latinos on Clinton’s ‘great America’

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PHILADELPHIA — California Rep. Xavier Becerra played an effective Latino surrogate for Hillary Clinton on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention. He told the story of his upbringing as the son of Mexican immigrants and criticized GOP nominee Donald Trump.

“Anyone here an immigrant or the child or grandchild of immigrants? Anyone the first in your family to go to college?” Becerra asked the DNC delegates on Thursday night from his prime-time speaking slot. “This is what a GREAT America looks like.”

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