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To: Hillary Clinton, Presidential Hopeful, Dolores Huerta, Activist, and America Ferrera, Actress

Dolores Huerta Apologize for Slandering Bernie Sanders

We the people, demand a retraction and a formal apology by Dolores Huerta, América Ferrera and the Hillary Clinton Campaign for slandering Bernie Sanders, and his supporters with false accusations of chanting “English Only” during the Nevada Democrat Caucus.

Why is this important?

On Saturday February 20th, 2016 at the Harrahs Casino's Democratic Caucus, Hispanic activist Dolores Huerta and actress America Ferrera which are both Hillary Clinton Campaign surrogates made false claims via Twitter and to media that Bernie Sanders Supporters chanted "English Only" while Ms. Huerta offered to serve as translator of the caucus. The media was quick to run with their false accusations where both of these "Latino Leaders" slandered U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters causing damage to their reputation and the Bernie Sanders campaign for President of the United States of America.

Their claims do not match up with witness accounts and video of the event. Provided here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJUf7923yA It was the moderator who clearly states “We will move forward in English Only.” Huerta has given interviews to media reiterating the false claims, has not retracted her statements or those of Ms Ferrera, or apologized to both Bernie Sanders and his supporters which they accused of doing something they did not do.

The false claim tweets were:
@DoloresHuerta
@BernieSanders Shame on your supporters for depriving Spanish speaking caucus goers of info they need for full participation! #NVcaucus

@DoloresHuerta
I offered to translate & Bernie supporters chanted English only! We fought too long & hard to be silenced Si Se Puede! #ImwithHer #NVcaucus

@AmericaFerrera
Harrah's casino site- Bernie supporters chant "English-only" to stop civil rights leader @DoloresHuerta from providing Spanish translation.

Snopes: Raucous Caucus
http://www.snopes.com/sanders-english-only-huerta/