Biden targets Nebraska Latinos with civil rights leader Huerta; Trump courts them, too

[Omaha Steve]

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By Aaron Sanderford

When Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign won a single electoral vote in the Omaha area, carving a “blue dot” in 2008, he did so while speaking the words of civil rights leader Dolores Huerta.

Decades before Obama invoked, “Yes we can,” Huerta and Cesar Chavez organized farmworkers in California and the western U.S., rallying them with Huerta’s Spanish version of the same words, “Si se puede!”

Obama credited her with his catchphrase in 2011, when he awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying her work helped people seek better, safer working conditions.

On Tuesday, Huerta herself brought “Si se puede” back to Omaha, joining a video call with Omaha State Sen. Tony Vargas to help Obama’s former vice president, Democrat Joe Biden, reach local Latino voters.



Civil rights activist and farm labor organizer Dolores Huerta of California speaks during a video visit Tuesday with the Biden for Nebraska campaign. She and Cesar Chavez helped farm workers bargain for better, safer conditions.

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