Sen. Cory Booker became the second 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to use his Spanish skills in the first debate.
“The situation right now is unacceptable. This president has attacked, has demonized immigrants. It’s unacceptable. I’m going to change that,” the New Jersey senator said in Spanish about what he would do on his first day in the White House.
Earlier in the night, Beto O’Rourke responded in Spanish and English to a question about whether he would support a marginal individual 70% tax rate on highest earners.
Time politics reporter Phil Elliot tweeted that there were “lots of puzzled looks among Spanish-language media in the file center.”
Cory Booker follows Beto O’Rourke in answering Spanish. Lots of puzzled looks among Spanish-language media in the file center. #DemDebate
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) June 27, 2019
