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" When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences. "

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" I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions. "

" We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over. "

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" You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. "

" Trump seems to think he can win the White House with only the white vote. I believe that the only way to win the White House is with the Latino vote. If the Republican candidate cannot get 33 percent of it, he cannot win the White House. "

" Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not because they want to vote for him but because they want to vote against him. "

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" As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. "

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" I go out on publicity tours for my books, and, you know, Latinos, they bring everybody in the family to everything, even little kids. So I always ask the kids, 'Who wants to be the first Latino President?' It used to be no hands went up, or maybe one or two. Now, with Obama, many of the little hands go up. It will happen in my lifetime. "

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