Rep. Lou Correa is endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020.

“We need someone who knows our country, who knows the soul of our country, and I believe that’s Joe Biden,” said Correa, D-Anaheim, who represents the heavily blue 46th District in central Orange County.

Correa, on Thursday, Aug. 22, told the Register he supports all of the Democratic candidates and will back whoever the nominee is “110%.” But he added that Trump is going to be “very, very difficult to beat,” and he believes Biden will speak the best to middle America and unite the country.

Many political experts, and a plurality of Americans in numerous polls, currently agree with Correa, saying they believe Biden stands the best chance at defeating Trump because his more moderate policies will appeal to centrist voters. Others fear that’s the same outlook that led to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, arguing that Democrats need a candidate that excites diverse and young voters so they’ll turn out in big numbers next year.

Correa said he knows some think Biden lacks “pizazz.” But he said one particular moment with the former Vice President sealed the deal for him.

Biden was the first candidate who met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Correa said. While there, Biden talked about immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But then he spoke about foreign policy and mentioned prioritizing Russia, China and Latin America. Correa believes strongly that it’s in the United States’ best interest to help stabilize Latin America. So to hear Biden mention that as No. 3 on his foreign policy priority list was encouraging and convinced him that Biden was the best candidate.

Other Orange County representatives haven’t yet publicly endorsed presidential candidates, telling the Register in July that they wanted to let the debates and campaigns play out more before they made their decisions.