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Here comes another wave of "Racist Bernie Bros" BS from Team Windsock. (Original Post) Odin2005 Feb 2016 OP
Caucus sites can be pretty crazy CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #1
Odd that there hasn't been a single image, phone recording, or anything else -- just Twitter posts villager Feb 2016 #2
It's possible. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #3
If true, they're assholes no matter who they support. arcane1 Feb 2016 #4
It's not that hard to believe nt Rebkeh Feb 2016 #5
It's all over twitter. If this is true, it's pretty effed up. jillan Feb 2016 #6
Here's a video. Wilms Feb 2016 #7
If this is true that's a damn shitty thing for people to do. Autumn Feb 2016 #8
Bullshit: Nobody Shouted "English Only" at Dolores Huerta eridani Feb 2016 #9

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
1. Caucus sites can be pretty crazy
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 08:56 PM
Feb 2016

and it's possible that there were people talking over each other and a lot of noise and confusion. That can be a difficult backdrop when you're trying to keep accurate counts.

I do not believe it either.

I believe that someone probably told everyone to stop talking--maybe it was even said in a rude way. I do not believe that Sanders supporters were being racist or demanding that no Spanish translation happen. Not for one minute.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
2. Odd that there hasn't been a single image, phone recording, or anything else -- just Twitter posts
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 08:57 PM
Feb 2016

If it did happen, it's terrible. But I'd like to see some corroboration....

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
3. It's possible.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 08:57 PM
Feb 2016

People are people, and both candidates are going to attract some scummy followers. But given that Sanders WON the Nevada Hispanic vote, I think that that didn't make much difference in terms of the votes cast.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
4. If true, they're assholes no matter who they support.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 08:59 PM
Feb 2016

Though I won't be surprised to see them dishonestly equated with every person who supports Sanders.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
6. It's all over twitter. If this is true, it's pretty effed up.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:02 PM
Feb 2016

Delores is even trending, that's how fast it's spreading.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
9. Bullshit: Nobody Shouted "English Only" at Dolores Huerta
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:39 AM
Feb 2016



http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35343-nobody-shouted-qenglish-onlyq-at-dolores-huerta

'She is mistaken, however, when she claims that supporters of Bernie Sanders shouted “English only.” One person in that room uttered the words “English only,” and it was the precinct chair, who said: “We are going to go with English only, I’m sorry.”

The room did get loud, but there was no objection to there being an interpreter; the objection was to having a Clinton surrogate on the stage. In the video above, you can hear “No” and “Neutral” being shouted. Nobody was chanting “English only.”

In an interview in The Washington Post, Huerta said, “The Bernie organizers were shouting, ‘No, no, no.’ Then a Bernie person stood up and said, ‘No, we need to have it, I can also do translation’ or whatever. The person who ran the caucus said, ‘Well, we won’t have a translator.’ The sad thing about this is that some of the organizers were shouting, ‘English only! English only!’ The Bernie organizers.”

Most of her statement is accurate, but the most serious allegation she made is not true. For the record, I shot the video and was centrally located in the room.
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