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Tue Jun 11, 2013, 09:05 PM Jun 2013

Watch: Senator Tim Kaine Rocked His Entire Floor Speech in Spanish

Watch: Senator Tim Kaine Rocked His Entire Floor Speech in Spanish

by joelgp

Senator Tim Kaine just rocked the Senate with his floor speech...completely done in Spanish. WAPO said this about it:

"Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) made history Tuesday, becoming the first senator of the modern era to deliver a Senate floor speech entirely in Spanish as he explained his support for a bipartisan immigration bill up for consideration.

Over the course of a 14-minute speech, Kaine said he wanted to use the Spanish-speaking skills he learned working in Honduras in order to explain aspects of the bill to the roughly 40 million Spanish speakers living in the United States.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/11/tim-kaine-gives-speech-in-spanish-to-voice-support-for-immigration-reform/




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/11/1215485/-Watch-Senator-Tim-Kaine-Rocked-His-Entire-Floor-Speech-in-Spanish

Trnascript: http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1215485/50410444#c3

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