When U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar delivers the Spanish-language rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, she’ll do so from a community health center in her hometown of El Paso, Texas.
The first-term Democrat was thrust into the spotlight last year, as her city became a testing ground for Trump administration immigration policies and the site of the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern U.S. history.
Escobar, 50, made history when she was elected in 2018 to fill the seat previously held by Beto O’Rourke. She is one of the first two Latinas to represent Texas in Congress.
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