2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's current proposed strategy could win him the nomination. [View all]R B Garr
(16,953 posts)chant
/CHant/
verb
gerund or present participle: chanting
say or shout repeatedly in a singsong tone.
"protesters were chanting slogans"
synonyms: shout, chorus, repeat
"protesters were chanting slogans"
sing or intone (a psalm, canticle, or sacred text).
synonyms: sing, intone, incant
"the choir chanted Psalm 118"
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The video depicts the shouting she was referring to. She translated it as chanting. Her meaning was clear. Only someone trying desperately to parse her words to call her a liar would say they didn't understand what she was saying. The definition of "chant" contains the word "shout" and that happened repeatedly in the video.
Her meaning in her Tweets and Social Media was that she was shouted down from translating. Some people repeated words (chanting). It was easy to see they were Bernie supporters doing it because the room was divided into Hillary supporters on one side and Bernie supporters on the other. The people in charge of the event were also involved in calming the crowds chants/shouts. It's clear what happened is what she said happened, but she used some different words in her translation than what the tape shows. She was clear in what happened as it is backed up by the video.