Former Univision anchor María Elena Salinas on CNN defending the rioting in Los Angeles:

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Mexico took the Southwest from the Spanish Empire after an 11-year war.

Mexico sent 900 rancheros and gave them millions of acres each. Their population maxed out at less than 10,000 They built nothing, they simply took over the Spanish infrastructure, and held it for 27 years until they got into a war with the US and were routed almost overnight

The US occupied Mexico City and could've taken the entire country. Instead we signed a treaty and paid Mexico a few and took over our land, rightfully won from the Mexican occupiers of Spanish territory, who won it from the Indians, who'd won it from other Indians prior to that

That land is belongs to the US and it's very clear that Mexico has talked itself into a reality that does not exist

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Texas was only part of Mexico for 15 years. The rest of the Southwest, 27 years.

Compare that to over 175 years of being part of the United States.

Texas is AMERICA. California is AMERICA. The Southwest is AMERICA.

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