Texas law enforcement ignores Spanish-language media at press conference after shooting, despite Uva

[littlemissmartypants]

Texas law enforcement ignores Spanish-language media at press conference after shooting, despite Uvalde's large Latino population

Charles R. Davis 5 hours ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/uvalde-law-enforcement-ignores-spanish-language-media-2022-5

•Law enforcement declined to answer questions from Spanish-language media in Uvalde.

•At a press conference, reporters pleaded for responses "en Español."

•More than 7.8 million people in Texas over the age of 5 speak Spanish.

Texas law enforcement wrapped up a press conference on the Robb Elementary School massacre Thursday without taking a single question from Spanish-language media.

Speakers of Spanish make up around 30% of Texas's population, according to US Census Data. In Uvalde County, where the mass shooting took place, half of families speak a language other than English at home — largely Spanish, with Latinos making up just under 90% of the student body at the elementary school.

At Thursday's press conference, reporters with Spanish-language media pleaded for answers "en Español," the language spoken by around 8 million Texans and more than 41 million Americans.

But despite being asked to "please" address the media in Spanish, Victor Escalon, a regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, walked away from the podium without responding.

More at the link.

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[ck4829]

1. Disgusting.

[Mr.Bill]

2. I posted about that in another thread earlier.

Thanks for gathering more facts than I had and starting a thread about it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16732258

[littlemissmartypants]

3. I did a search before I posted. Didn't find anything else. So I posted.

I won't be deleting my post in spite of all the redundancy at DU.

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[Mr.Bill]

4. Of course, you shouldn't delete it.

It's a great post that expands nicely on mine. And mine wasn't a thread starter.

I was glad to see someone else noticed it.

[ananda]

5. My big question.

Why would they vote Republican?

I read that Uvalde is solid red.

The mind boggles.

[Mr.Bill]

6. A lot of Latino people are devout Catholics and are VERY anti-abortion.

Surprisingly, many also are very conservative on immigration issues, especially ones who have been here for many generations.

[ananda]

13. Yeah, it probably comes down to religion and fear.

Yet, my mind still boggles (sic) at the possibility that they
might still vote Republican after this.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. No, the mind doesn't boggle. It's "boggles the mind" you are looking for...

Correct all you're your grammar errors instantly. Try it now.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/boggle+the+mind

boggle the mind
boggle the/(one's) mind
To thoroughly overwhelm, confuse, or surprise one.
The show of support from everyone just boggled my mind.
The movie's plot totally boggled my mind. Were you able to understand any of it?
See also: boggle, mind
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

boggle the mind
Bewilder or astonish with complexity, novelty, or the like, as in The very magnitude of the Milky Way boggles the mind. The source of this usage is unclear, as the verb to boggle has several other seemingly unrelated meanings-to shy away, to hesitate, to bungle.

Snip...

See also: boggle, mind
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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[RussBLib]

10. really?

living up to your screen name, I guess

[littlemissmartypants]

12. It's a dirty job... ❤

[ananda]

14. I love grammar nazis.

And yet, my mind still boggles.

I guess I'm like Shakespeare, turning passive into active

Who knew?

[LeftInTX]

8. It's rural and Aggie. Families have been there generations.

They see immigrants as bringing crime

[Wednesdays]

9. I remember clearly Beto O'Rourke answering questions in Spanish

outside to Telemundo, after O'Rourke was strongarmed out of the governor's press conference Wednesday.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. An yet the Spanish language media was ignored. Despicable.

Thank goodness Beto was there. Thanks for sharing this. ❤

[Mr.Bill]

15. I was in my car listening to MSNBC on

XM radio and they had a translator there today. They must read DU.