The REAL story on the Bernie supporters who allegedly chanted "English only"

[FourScore]

Last edited Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:12 PM - Edit history (3)

Apparently, This has been completely blown out of proportion.

Here's the story:.

The DNC totally screwed up and did not provide Spanish speaking translators. (Thanks Debbie!) Delores Huerta began to translate which was alarming to those on the Bernie side who only knew that it was a Hillary supporter providing all the translations and they wanted an impartial arbiter.

There is a video, which was seen by many, but was suddenly taken down. According to those who saw it, there were no "chants", but rather a barely audible protest of what was happening.

Update: Here's a link to the video: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511289127 You be the judge.

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[Agschmid]

1. I just watched it...

So the video hasn't been taken down?

[FourScore]

3. Can you provide the link?

[Agschmid]

5. It's in one of the MANY threads on here, but I didn't comment on it so I don't know which.

[frylock]

17. Link

[cui bono]

23. Why, again, do you make a point of leaving out that they did not chant "English only"

when you are stating that it hasn't been taken down?

Do you not want the truth out there?

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[72DejaVu]

2. "The DNC totally screwed up"

The DNC does not run the Nevada caucus.

Do you people have any actual knowledge about how politics works?

[FourScore]

4. Rather than being rude ("you people"?!)

perhaps you could explain who does provide translators if not the DNC.

[72DejaVu]

6. The Nevada caucus is run by the Nevada state party

Or maybe the Secret Order of the Illuminati Oligarchs, one or the other.

[cleopotrick]

9. "you people"

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lest we paint with an extremely broad brush...

I think we should focus on the more salient aspect of OP...

namely, the Bernie supporter was not chanting "English Only", but was asking for an impartial translator...

file this whole "English Only" episode in the media chum bucket... another pathetic attempt to disparage a man who is running a fairly ennobling campaign with cherry-picked character assassinations of his supporters

[LexVegas]

7. I love reading the justifications for this. nt

[casperthegm]

12. Ok, help me out here

If I read this properly, there was no unbiased translator there, right? Regardless of who was responsible for getting that done. And a Clinton supporter went up and began to translate? And people, concerned with the potential for bias, were not happy about this? Well yeah, I'd be less than thrilled about that too. If it turns out that there was true malice from any Sanders supporters then of course I denounce those actions, as we all know that Bernie would as well. He's always fought for honesty and equality.

[cui bono]

24. Justifications for what? The "English only" chant didn't happen.

[jfern]

8. Another failed attack on Bernie

As I've said, any poo David Brock and company throw should be treated as false until proven true. They have made sure that Hillary earned her 67% not honest and trustworthy rating.

[cleopotrick]

10. Hear, hear!

Expect that figure to climb

[DrDan]

16. not an attack on Bernie - on his supporters

the story seems believable based on what I have observed here

I think Bernie is an honorable person and would have put a quick stop to it had he been there

[frylock]

18. But now that it's been proven to have not happened, you'll apologize, right?

[DrDan]

21. I said I found it believable - what would I apologize for

[frylock]

28. Oh, my apologies

[cui bono]

25. How would he put a stop to something that never happened? n/t

[seaglass]

11. Nah

“The fellow that was running the caucus said that the first person to come up to the stage could translate, so I went up. Nobody else did,” she said. “Then the Bernie people started yelling no, no, no. One of their people came up, and I suggested we both translate. But the moderator decided we would have no translation. So the Bernie people preferred we would have no translation just because I was going to do the translating. It’s ridiculous, because if I had said something that wasn’t accurate, I’m sure somebody would have corrected me.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/20/3751830/dolores-huerta-interview/

[FourScore]

14. I think Ms Heurta should recant her tweet. It was quite a misrepresentation of the facts.

And disappointing from a woman held by many in such high esteem.

[seaglass]

15. Sad. n/t

[cui bono]

27. And she's still putting it on Bernie supporters rather than the moderator who made the call.

Public figures need to wait before Tweeting.

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[SusanCalvin]

29. Really. The following two sentences do not follow:

"But the moderator decided we would have no translation. So the Bernie people preferred we would have no translation just because I was going to do the translating. "

[cui bono]

30. Exactly.

[Gamecock Lefty]

13. Good Freaking Grief

Bernie supporters do something allegedly bad and there's every excuse in the book as to why the story is not as it seems. But gosh forbid Hillary supporter's say something off kilter and Bernie supporters rush to judgment that, of course, bad for Hillary is true.

What kind of robotic-inducing hallucinogens are in that Bernie and Jerry's ice cream you walkers are eating???

[frylock]

20. Show where it happened in the video.

[cui bono]

26. That's quite a one-sided assessment you have going there.

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[Skwmom]

19. What a surprise. Probably trying to distract from their dirty tricks. n/t

[Old Codger]

22. I saw it

The only thing that was being loudly yelled was "neutral" nothing more than that and it was not any sort of a chant is was a couple of people yelling "neutral" that is all they wanted someone that was not tied to either campaign to translate...