Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.) poked fun Wednesday night at Democratic 2020 White House hopefuls for their "humorous" use of Spanish in the party's first primary debate.

“I loved it, because, I represent the Bronx and there was a lot of Spanglish in the building,” the New York lawmaker said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone ColbertColbert implores Pelosi to update 'weaponry' in SCOTUS fight: 'Trump has a literal heat ray' The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy Juan Williams: Democrats need to bury their divisions MORE.”

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“I mean I thought it was humorous sometimes, especially because sometimes the content of the question I just thought people were going to start saying 'Hola, estoy postulando por presidente y no te voy a dar una respuesta a su pregunata,' which means I will not give you an answer to your question.”

“But it was good,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “I thought it was a good gesture to the fact that we are a diverse country.”

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) was the first candidate to break out his Spanish during the first debate in Miami, which garnered a look from Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D-N.J.) that went viral.

Booker later attempted to answer a question about what he would do about the border crisis in Spanish.

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro also sprinkled some words in Spanish — including saying "adios" to President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE in 2021 — during the debate.

Hispanics are expected to make up roughly 13 percent of eligible voters in the 2020 election, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center, making them the largest ethnic or racial minority group in the electorate, edging out black voters.

There are more than 40 million native Spanish speakers living in the U.S., according to census data.