LA Mayor derides White House in Spanish-language speech. California

Posted on: February 1st, 2006
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“Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a nationally televised Spanish-language speech, faulted the White House Tuesday for policies he said pushed more Americans into poverty and failed to address a crisis in education.

“America can do better,” the mayor said in response to President Bush’s State of the Union address.

“Under this administration, 4 million people have fallen from the working class into the ranks of the poor,” the mayor said. “Six million children are on the verge of failing out of school and 11 million Americans can’t read a bus schedule or fill out a job application….”

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