Story highlights US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Javier Palomarez backed Hillary Clinton

"Donald Trump has run a campaign of divisiveness of hate-filled rhetoric," he said

Washington (CNN) The US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce endorsed Hillary Clinton Wednesday, saying she'll be "America's first small business president."

"Hillary Clinton will be America's first American small business president. She grew up in a small business. She understands the challenges of small businesses. And throughout her campaign, she's engaged our organization and our business owners all over the country," the group's president, Javier Palomarez, told CNN's "New Day."

"She has illustrated that she understands what we need to do to continue to drive the American economy and she understands the vital nature of and importance of American small businesses," he added.

Palomarez said members of the group believe that Clinton's rival, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, is unfit and unworthy to be president despite his business career.

"Donald Trump has run a campaign of divisiveness of hate-filled rhetoric that has torn people apart, torn this nation apart," he said. "He has proven himself to be unworthy and unfit for the highest office of this land."

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