Money quote: “As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask “Are you Susana?” and they run up and give me a hug.”
Martinez’s attacks on Obama were pro forma, but the personal narrative in her speech was superb. A former Democrat who rose from simple origins to become a decorated prosecutor, Martinez painted a vivid picture of an empowered Hispanic female Republican. She was a hit with the crowd–and so was her joke about the .357 magnum she
carried when she was 18: “That gun weighed more than I did!”
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