Javier Salazar spoke to Texas delegates Wednesday ahead of a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is getting a prime-time role in the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night. Salazar didn’t say what time he will take the stage but offered a preview earlier in the day when he told Texas Democrats at a morning meeting that he is tired of people like former President Donald Trump painting immigrants coming across the border as being less than human or a threat to the nation.
Mayor Nirenberg takes shots at Republicans in DNC speech: ‘Keep your clown out of our White House’ Salazar, a Democrat, told the state’s delegates that immigrants have long been coming to America and helped build the nation. “They are not quite the criminals and rapists that they are made out to be,” Salazar said in reference to the language Trump often uses during his rallies. “They are just people like you and me that want to provide for their families.
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