
Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta endorsed aspiring presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a caucus location in Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. Since many of the attendants were Spanish-speaking workers, Huerta offered to do a translation, but reportedly, Bernie Sanders supporters were not having it. “No, no, no! English only,” they yelled, leaving those people without a translation all together. “Shouting 'English-only' -- that is completely against the spirit of everything that we're working for,” Huerta told The Huffington Post later on.
Huerta did note that perhaps Sanders supporters did not want anything to get “lost in translation” especially since Huerta had just endorsed Clinton. Still, the civil rights leader said, “To deprive these voters at this crucial time of having a translation of what was going on -- this is something they need to know what's taking place.”
Both, actress America Ferrera and Huerta took to Twitter to denounce the alleged incident and even got a response from MoveOn.org, which endorsed Sanders.
Harrah's casino site- Bernie supporters chant "English-only" to stop civil rights leader @DoloresHuerta from providing Spanish translation.
— America Ferrera (@AmericaFerrera) February 20, 2016
I offered to translate & Bernie supporters chanted English only! We fought too long & hard to be silenced Si Se Puede! #ImwithHer #NVcaucus
— Dolores Huerta (@DoloresHuerta) February 20, 2016
@AmericaFerrera @DoloresHuerta Shameful and totally unacceptable if reports are accurate.
— MoveOn.org (@MoveOn) February 20, 2016
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