Democrats have rushed to defend Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) after the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) referred him as an "illegal immigrant" on social media Wednesday after the congressman criticized President Donald Trump's economic policies.
The fiery exchange occurred on X and began when the New York representative posted a Spanish-written rebuttal to Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday night, in which he argued that the economic strategies of the Trump administration "are actually higher costs for us, but more money for his billionaire buddies."
