Story highlights "What Mr. Trump did, he spoke in a language all Americans can understand -- that is English," Scottie Nell Hughes said

Dora, the heroine of a Nickelodeon cartoon, is a Latina and occasionally speaks in Spanish on the show

Washington (CNN) CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes on Saturday criticized Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine for speaking in Spanish, saying it contrasted with this week's Republican convention in which "I didn't have to get a translator."

Hughes, who supports Donald Trump, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "CNN Newsroom" that Kaine's appearance with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Miami -- in which her VP pick frequently spoke in Spanish -- highlighted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties.

"What Mr. Trump did, he spoke in a language all Americans can understand -- that is English," Hughes said. "I didn't have to get a translator for anything that was going on at the (Republican National Convention) this week. And I'm hoping I'm not going to have to start brushing up on my 'Dora the Explorer' to understand some of the speeches given this week."

Dora, the heroine of a Nickelodeon cartoon, is a Latina and occasionally speaks in Spanish on the show.

Hughes didn't mention Kentucky State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, who spoke in Spanish in parts of his speech at the Republican convention on Wednesday.

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