I stand with Dolores Huerta.

[LexVegas]

Huerta will not bow to bullying. Just as I stand with John Lewis and James Clyburn. All civil rights GIANTS.

[bravenak]

1. Me too

People lack RESPECT!

[bobbobbins01]

2. I stand with the truth.

Two of the people you just named lied very recently. That doesn't negate the good they've done, but its still the truth.

[artislife]

23. I stand with the 99%.

[villager]

37. You'd think that would matter to some posters here. Clearly, it doesn't. nt

[Avalux]

3. Where is the evidence of bullying? And why conflate Huetra with Lewis and Clyburn?

That's some real twisted logic you've got going there.

[SidDithers]

4. DU rec...nt

Sid

[PonyUp]

5. I stand with Snopes, whose revenue depends on their credibility since 1995. nt

[kcjohn1]

6. Hero Worship

Is so strong in the Hillary Camp.

I rather rely on my eyes, ears and my wits.

[ismnotwasm]

7. Yes

We will stand.

[TNProfessor]

8. Yes! nm

[pkdu]

9. Me too...and the complete lack of respect continues , even on this thread..

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. As a progressive I stand with anybody beleaguered and in distress./nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I stand with her achievements in labor rights and women's rights. I believe my ears

and I don't think she is telling the truth on this one. Sorry. The two are separate and shouldn't be linked as if one has anything to do with the other. Thank you for your consideration of this.

[noretreatnosurrender]

16. I agree with you...

I agree with you, the two are separate. Tonight's issue has nothing to do with Ms Huerta's prior achievements.

[noretreatnosurrender]

12. I Stand With Huerta Too

I stand with Huerta too for all of her fabulous activism but I didn't hear in that video what she said happened and I read where she said something different later. I think she should be given a chance to confront the people who disagree with what she said. That's the fair thing to do.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. It is unfortunate that she has clarified and people still run with it.

[noretreatnosurrender]

38. Yes it is

It's unfortunate that there are some that are trying to bait people into attacking Huerta. Not cool.

[frylock]

49. That's the game.

[PoliticAverse]

13. I stand with whoever is on the side of the truth. n/t

[Odin2005]

14. More of Clinton's MO. Get a respected activist to say something inflamatory about "Bernie Bros"...

...and then when that person is called on their BS accuse people of being bigots.

We can see right through this divisive shit the Clintons are selling.

[angstlessk]

15. Who do you believe?

Me or your stinking eyes (ears in this case)

[Matariki]

17. She's changed her story.

http://www.snopes.com/sanders-english-only-huerta/

Her 'updated' story is at the bottom. Now she says people were saying 'no, no, no' and has dropped the 'chanting English only' lie.

Go figure.

[TalkingDog]

18. Looks like the truth is more complicated than indignant outrage will allow.

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/civil-rights-activist-dolores-huerta-sanders-backers-shut-me-down-for-offering-spanish-translation/

“What happened is the person who was running the caucus said we need a translator and he said the first person that comes to the stage can be the translator,” she said. “So I walked up to the front and then some of the organizers, the Bernie organizers, decided to shout ‘no, no, no.’ Then a Bernie person stood up and said, I can also do translation. So then the person running the caucus said we won’t have a translator.”

snip

"A video posted online on Saturday purports to show Huerta being shouted down by Sanders supporters, but no “English-only” chants are distinguishable, although one person can be heard yelling, “Neutral.” Another person can be heard saying “Pero necesitamos Español” (“But we need Spanish”) from behind the camera, as well as, “It’s Dolores Huerta, my goodness.” The video can be seen below."

snip

"However, another attendee at the event has challenged Huerta’s statements. Erin Cruz told the fact-checking site Snopes that she was at the event along with members of a nurses’ union as well as actresses Gabby Hoffman and Susan Sarandon, and said that it was the moderator who asked for “English-only” during the event, and not any Sanders supporter. "

[liberal N proud]

19. Denial is a stage of grief

The BS supporters are either 7 denial or blind to that which they do not want to see.

[ebayfool]

20. Who is bullying Huerta?

Proving she didn't hear what she claimed is on her.
The honorable thing to do when proven wrong is to admit it.

Kinda like what all the people 'standing' in this thread is NOT doing.

And GIANTS don't get a pass if they lie, misspeak, smear or distort!

[Duckhunter935]

21. I stand with the truth

And the evidence on video

[nsd]

30. +1 /nt

[Xipe Totec]

24. Your post gave me a sad

To make myself feel better, I went to act blue and donated for Bernie Sanders.

I feel much better now.

[Nanjeanne]

25. I stand with Susan Sarandon who was there and said it never happened.

Susan Sarandon ?@SusanSarandon 1h1 hour ago
.@AmericaFerrera I was there. Nobody frm Bernie's side said English only. Moderator did when no neutral translator was found@DoloresHuerta

Perhaps if I give Huerta the benefit of the doubt - maybe with the noise and everything she misunderstood. No problem. But just say "sorry I was mistaken" and be done with it.

[HassleCat]

26. Legendary, heroic figures can be wrong, too.

Just like the rest of us.

[itsrobert]

27. Dolores Huerta goes under the BernieHermanos autobús

n/t

[Bohemianwriter]

28. While Bernie-...

Is a racist and a civil rights fraud who secretly have hated PoC all his life?

Anyone doing the bully tactics here, are the Hillary gang playing Bernie activists and misdirecting Bernie voters...


When will your false accusations and smear campaigns stop? When will you start take issue with the misdeeds in your own campaign rather than throwing rocks in glass houses? When will you realize that you are all tools for the most disgusting Karl Rove tactics?
Do you people have no shame?

[oasis]

39. Like a wise man once said "politics ain't beanbags". The gloves came off

after Bernie began to go negative. That signaled the Hillary camp to go into "anything goes" mode.

[Bohemianwriter]

40. As a vet and a writer..

...someone who's been around, I am not afraid to get my own hands dirty....I'll go after the smear merchants...

[oasis]

44. I'm a vet also, but I tend leave matters that don't directly affect me alone.

Maybe you'll see things differently after a night's rest. Thank you for your service.

[Bohemianwriter]

47. My service was nothing...

And I sit in a country far away... Feeling I am more informed than the majority of the voters who goes to the polls and makes bad choices due to the bullshit oozing out of the orifices of the Hillary campaign.
The real value is to obsess about something that concerns us all, directly or indirectly sooner or later...

Cheers

[Armstead]

31. If they wouldn't attack Sanders and his supporters, I would too...(But Clyburn has been a gentleman)

[Fearless]

32. I stand for the #truth

[Skid Rogue]

33. She's not lying. I stand with Dolores Huerta.

[Duckhunter935]

34. the video and her own words now say it was false

Now she says it was just, no, no, no just as the video shows

[Joe the Revelator]

35. She may not be lying, but she certainly wasn't telling the truth, as evidenced..

by the video, my ears, and now her own walk back.

[bigtree]

36. k&r

[oasis]

41. It may have been a misunderstanding but,"the story" is out there now.

[Armstead]

42. Maybe she made an honest mistake, but for her and Clinton supporters to instantly gin it up is....

not excuasble

[oasis]

45. I agree, but it's completely beyond our control.

I'm going to sleep on it. Maybe it will vanish by tomorrow in the jubilation of the Hill victory.

Good night.

[Armstead]

46. If it disappears into the vapors so much the better

Sleep sounds good. (I just checked into DU for a minute...That was three hours ago.)

[Starry Messenger]

43. K&r

[frylock]

48. I stand with [insert personality here]

Knock yourself out. I stand with the truth.