here is quite powerful beyond el paso. el paso is a big city. we re talking about 2.3 million people. this is no dusty cattle outpost by any means. that said, it is also highly symbolic of the latino population of the united states. i am of mexican descent myself. el paso, along with a city like miami, practically embodies the latino experience in the united states. so i don t think we should overlook the symbolic importance of striking a target like el paso. i don t think that was random. the walmart one, perhaps. i don t have a specific target of what this young man thought, but that said, el paso is the embodiment of latino america, certainly of mexican and mexican american america. we are a bridge to another nation, to continents further south.
here is quite powerful beyond el paso. el paso is a big city. we re talking about 2.3 million people. this is no dusty cattle outpost by any means. that said, it is also highly symbolic of the latino population of the united states. i am of mexican descent myself. el paso, along with a city like miami, practically embodies the latino experience in the united states. so i don t think we should overlook the symbolic importance of striking a target like el paso. i don t think that was random. the walmart one, perhaps. i don t have a specific target of what this young man thought, but that said, el paso is the embodiment of latino america, certainly of mexican and mexican american america. we are a bridge to another nation, to couldnntinents furth
certainly of mexican and mexican american america. we are a bridge to another nation, to continents further south. our people here have associated freely, loved freely, mixed freely, married freely and had children such as myself as far back as we can remember in the history of the city. so the symbolic nature of this is quite significant. and also, i think that it s electorally and politically important, the target here was not just el paso. the target was anybody who looked latino to the shooter. and there is no question in my mind, having talked to people here, interviewed a 62-year-old woman here who confessed to me she s not only fearful and she s not only anxious, she s also