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like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexic...

but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost h...

More than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasiocortez, veronica escobar, Ritchie Torres, and alex padilla. And theyre in good company, because la...

So it's not too spicy. ♪ - buen provecho! - as we say in latin america, buen provecho. - igualmente. - ooh, it's nice and hot. - take a bite altogether. - [chuckles] - that's good. - yes, the flavor. - oh, that's the way you eat it, yeah. - yes, she does. - come on, oh, man. - when you do that spider-man stuff, mmm. - she's not playing. - [imitates web shooters] - [laughs] - she's got skills. - it's not her first pupusa. - not her first rodeo. - well, thank you; this is amazing. - of course, john. - thank you so much. - thank you, diane. - this is so delicious. - she's gonna pay for it. - ok...

♪ - buen provecho! - as we say in latin america, buen provecho. - igualmente. - ooh, it's nice and hot. - take a bite altogether. - [chuckles] - that's good. - yes, the flavor. - oh, that's the way you eat it, yeah. - yes, she does. - come on, oh, man. - when you do that spider-man stuff, mmm. - she's not playing. - [imitates web shooters] - [laughs] - she's got skills. - it's not her first pupusa. - not her first rodeo. - well, thank you; this is amazing. - of course, john. - thank you so much. - thank you, diane. - this is so delicious. - she's gonna pay for it. - okay, you take care. - on...