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Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:53 AM Sep 2016

Obama rallies Latino Congress members to reject ‘bluster and falsehoods’ of Trump

Source: The Washington Post

By David Nakamura September 15 at 10:43 PM

President Obama on Thursday called on Latino members of Congress to "push back against bluster and falsehoods and promises of higher walls" in a personal appeal aimed at shoring up a key voting bloc to help defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

In his annual address to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Obama also defended his immigration record and said comprehensive reform of border-control laws remains possible if the nation elects Hillary Clinton as president and more Democrats to Congress.

Obama didn't mention Trump or Clinton by name but alluded to them throughout his remarks. He denounced Trump's vision of a country that was not tolerant of undocumented immigrants and suggested that the November election amounted to a referendum on the nation's identity.

"I know there are a lot of people who have this notion of what the real America looks like; somehow, it only includes a few of us," Obama said. "Who’s to determine that in this nation of immigrants ... that you have a greater claim than anybody here? So you can't let that brand of politics win."

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/15/obama-rallies-latino-congress-members-to-reject-bluster-and-falsehoods-of-trump/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

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