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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I stand with Dolores Huerta. [View all]TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)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 wont have a translator.
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"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, Its Dolores Huerta, my goodness. The video can be seen below."
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"However, another attendee at the event has challenged Huertas 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. "
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 wont have a translator.
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"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, Its Dolores Huerta, my goodness. The video can be seen below."
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"However, another attendee at the event has challenged Huertas 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. "
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Where is the evidence of bullying? And why conflate Huetra with Lewis and Clyburn?
Avalux
Feb 2016
#3
As a progressive I stand with anybody beleaguered and in distress./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#10
I stand with her achievements in labor rights and women's rights. I believe my ears
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2016
#11
More of Clinton's MO. Get a respected activist to say something inflamatory about "Bernie Bros"...
Odin2005
Feb 2016
#14
If they wouldn't attack Sanders and his supporters, I would too...(But Clyburn has been a gentleman)
Armstead
Feb 2016
#31
She may not be lying, but she certainly wasn't telling the truth, as evidenced..
Joe the Revelator
Feb 2016
#35