Alvarado: This election is not about America going left or right, but America going up or down. (Huge applause from crowd.) By protecting the American dream is how we make America first again, he says, then addresses Spanish speakers in Spanish.
Alvarado criticizes President Obama, says he has made the country more divided than ever. Says Obama and Hillary Clinton don't know how to foster the American dream.
Ralph Alvarado, a state senator in Kentucky, reads off the great points of Kentucky: horses, bourbon, coal, bluegrass and the finest people on earth. He's the first Hispanic elected to state office in Kentucky.
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Michelle Van Etten, a small-business owner, says she was born an entrepreneur. Says excessive policies of the past eight years are killing the American dream. Calls small businesses the backbone of America. Her speech is getting a smattering of claps from the crowd at the arena.