Hilary Clinton and the Spanish press conference.

[Naxere]

Hillary does lover her pandering.

[satimy]

Between 14-18% of Americans speak Spanish as their first or second language, which is nearly as large a percent of population as French speakers in Canada, and is between 7 and 8 times more people in absolute numbers (45-55 million Spanish American speakers vs. 7 million French Canadian speakers). Everything of importance in Canada is bilingual.

There are more Spanish speakers in the US than any other country in the world, except Mexico (yes, that includes Spain).

There are more Spanish speakers in the US than French, German, Italian, Chinese, and First Nation languages combined.

It is more than reasonable to have major political discourse in Spanish. The complaints against it are patently xenophobic, plain and simple.

It's not xenophobic, I would deport Marxists if I could legally justify it

[Theodarzna]

It's not xenophobic, I would deport Marxists if I could legally justify it

I fail to see how Spanish is really a threat to you personally.

[Khaza-R]

You would have really hated Martin Van Buren then.

English wasn't even his first language.

The culture, the diversity. How horrible.

[Kraenen]

It is more than reasonable to have major political discourse in Spanish. The complaints against it are patently xenophobic, plain and simple.

Not really. Having one language instead of multiple ones is just more efficient. Xenophobia is nonsense.

[satimy]

You would have really hated Martin Van Buren then.

English wasn't even his first language.

The culture, the diversity. How horrible.

How many presidential questions did he answer in Dutch ?

[Damajin]

"The eagle never lost so much time as when it submitted to learn of the crow."

[Khaza-R]

How many presidential questions did he answer in Dutch ?

Why would that matter whether answer is 0 or 1,000?

Hint : It doesn't

[Krazzorx]

Without going into the politics of this particular case; even if someone can speak and understand English, or any other 2nd language, fluently, there's generally always going to be something lost in translation talking to someone in their 2nd language. And it's kindest to talk to them in their mother tongue when possible

Whether it's sayings (like second hand news), inflections, or probably the biggest one of devoting brain power to understand each individual word instead of the overall conversation, it's extremely rare that a person gains as much out of a conversation in their secondary language compared to first.

Should immigrants learn the native language to the best of their abilities? Yes. But it still will never be the same as fully understanding your mother tongue. There's a difference growing up bilingual from a young age but that's not being discussed here.

[satimy]

Why would that matter whether answer is 0 or 1,000?

Hint : It doesn't

Yea it does, the point of the discussion is not whether or not a potential POTUS is bilingual its how much of their time gets devoted to people of other languages. Do you really think non Spansish speaking americans want to make the country bilingual?

[May90]

Not really. Having one language instead of multiple ones is just more efficient. Xenophobia is nonsense.

But you don't have one language, you have hundreds languages used in the country. Disliking it when you hear a non-English speech is very close to xenophobia.

[Thepersona]

English is a far better language, you can say far more with it, there are many words in English that simply don't have a Spanish
.

The hell are you saying?
spanish is much harder than english to learn as a second language. english is used because its simple. and believe me, spanish does have many words that doesnt translate directly into english

Not really. Having one language instead of multiple ones is just more efficient. Xenophobia is nonsense.

lol nope. we can have one in common, but having multiple languages helps a lot, in order to learn how people who speak said language understand the world
and also, the US does not have an official language

It's not xenophobic, I would deport Marxists if I could legally justify it

and if i could i would deport all of the conservative specimens into a desert, without water or food. see what i did there?

[Tragedia]

Yea it does, the point of the discussion is not whether or not a potential POTUS is bilingual its how much of their time gets devoted to people of other languages. Do you really think non Spansish speaking americans want to make the country bilingual?

There is no American language so who gives a shit.

[Kraenen]

Disliking it when you hear a non-English speech is very close to xenophobia.

No, it's not. A national political speech should be made in the main language.

[Khaza-R]

Yea it does, the point of the discussion is not whether or not a potential POTUS is bilingual its how much of their time gets devoted to people of other languages. Do you really think non Spansish speaking americans want to make the country bilingual?

How is this different than any other group? Do you whine where a candidate focuses on LGBTQ? or Black Americans? Veterans? Disabled people?

Why do you care they see attempted to better connect a spanish-speaking demographic other than just being outright xenophobic?

[kail]

No, it's not. A national political speech should be made in the main language.

If it's translated, what difference does it make?