Published 01:50 IST, February 18th 2020

The Latest: Klobuchar rolls out Spanish TV ads in Nevada

Amy Klobuchar is joining White House rivals Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in launching Spanish-language television ads in Nevada.

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Amy Klobuchar is joining White House rivals Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in launching Spanish-langu television s in Neva.

Minnesota senator on Monday anunced a television and rio in Las Vegas and Re as early voting is underway for state’s Democratic caucuses.

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Latis make up 29% of Neva’s population and Democratic candidates are courting m in early state before final caucus voting Saturday.

Klobuchar comes from a mostly white state and is among candidates working to prove she can reach out to diverse groups of voters in Neva and beyond. She stumbled in an interview last week when she couldn't name Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obror.

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Her features a Spanish-speaking narrator who says Klobuchar is a candidate who can actually defeat President Donald Trump and fight for better health care and prices for prescription drugs.

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is taking lots of heat from his rivals for Democratic presidential mination. y portray him as an opportunist who's trying to buy his way to White House.

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w he's pushing back.

On Monday, former New York mayor posted a video mashup on Twitter showing aggressive and threatening comments by people who appear to be Bernie Sanders supporters, juxtaposed with Sanders calling for “civil discourse.”

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Bloomberg tweets: “We need to unite to defeat Trump in vember. This of ‘energy’ is t going to get us re.”

That was a slap at claims by Sanders that he is commanding excitement and energy in Democratic race.

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Most of leing candidates are campaigning in Neva for caucuses Saturday. Bloomberg isn't competing re. But he might qualify for his first debate, coming Wednesday.

01:50 IST, February 18th 2020