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Related: About this forumCesar Chavez’s Son: Not True That My Father Would Have Supported Sanders
The fact of the matter is most of us in the family that continue to work closely in the movement that my father began strongly support the candidacy of Hillary, Paul F. Chavez, president of the Cesar Chavez foundation, told BuzzFeed News.
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On Sunday, David Villarino, a son-in-law of labor leader Cesar Chavez, introduced Bernie Sanders to a crowd in Bakersfield, California.
Villarino told the crowd if he was alive today, Chavez would support Sanders for president.
That energetic proclamation did not sit well with Paul Chavez, Cesar Chavezs son and president of the Cesar Chavez Foundation, who told BuzzFeed News the family largely supports Hillary Clinton
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Paul Chavez said that support goes up to his mother, Helen Chavez, 88, who is in the hospital fighting an infection. Nevertheless, he said his mother has asked his sister to talk to him about running public service announcements for Clinton, urging people to get out to vote.
The same day she received her ballot, she voted for Hillary and sent it back in, Paul Chavez said, referring to the imminent California primary. Shes always talking to people, Are you registered to vote? You gotta vote for Hillary, we gotta stop Trump, he said of the presumptive Republican nominee.
His mother told him that if she werent sick, she would be walking precincts for Clinton today, the way she did for Bobby Kennedy back in the day.
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Clinton has embraced the moral authority of the farm workers movement, deploying Dolores Huerta who worked with Cesar Chavez around the country as a Hispanic surrogate, and calling her one of her heroes in a Spanish-language ad that aired in California, Illinois, and Florida. The ad also highlights the endorsement of the United Farm Workers union.
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Still, Paul Chavez called his father a practical idealist who would have seen a lot to like in Clintons worldview.
He believed this country was big enough and great enough to offer its share of bounty to all of us, but he also knew you had to go to work everyday and provide results on a daily basis, Paul Chavez said, before pointing to Clintons work for immigration policy, collective bargaining for farmworkers in California, and early childhood education for Latino children. When I think about that and the work and track record of Hillary there is no question in my mind who my father would support.
More @ https://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/cesar-chavezs-son-not-true-that-my-father-would-have-support?utm_term=.vnkPARR1b#.wdM8nxxYR
#I'mWithHer #GOTV4Hillary #CaliforniaVotes!
sarae
(3,284 posts)Thanks, Cha!!
Cha
(305,447 posts)a brother-in-law had tried to say differently.. but I'm so glad Cesar's son, Paul.. spoke out so eloquently on their support for ..
Si se Puede~ Estoy Contigo!
Cha
(305,447 posts)Nothing like getting the record straight and putting the real facts out there!
Cha
(305,447 posts)the record straight!
Viva Chavez and viva Hillary!
Cha
(305,447 posts)GOTV4Hillary!
Kath1
(4,309 posts)Gracias!
Cha
(305,447 posts)johnp3907
(3,892 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)same badge of honor!
Mahalo, john~
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)I hate it, too.. I was just thinking of MLK's children in that respect when I posted a pic of him with Muhammad Ali.
All of my family doesn't support Hillary now but I never talk politics with them since BS entered the scene.. I just know that we will be talking about it in the GE.
Patience grasshopper~
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)easy since we've agreed on all the really big stuff since we met 20 years ago. He and his wife will happily vote for Hillary, but the primary has changed stuff between us in small ways that I don't like.
Ah well.....a few more days...
Cha
(305,447 posts)My son and I had lots of good talks about Obama for 8 years and now since he's a BS fan we say nada the primary. He'll be glad to vote for Hill, though.. then we can discuss again during GE
I don't want to give burnie any power to 'cause any discord in my family.
My sister in California is a Hillary supporter, too.. so we talk about it.. I tell her things she doesn't know about her campaign.
Cha
(305,447 posts)Response to Cha (Original post)
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ProudProgressiveNow
(6,165 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)It's nice to know that the legendary civil rights leader for farm workers and his wife would have stood side-by-side with Hillary Clinton, and they would have supported her candidacy! Excellent news!
I always thought it was strange that they would support Sanders' candidacy, considering his complicated past regarding Latino rights, and considering that Dolores Huerta is a strong Hillary Clinton surrogate.
Kath1
(4,309 posts)Dolores Huerta is an amazing woman!
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)to co-op Cesar Chavez.. not on his son's and wife's watch!
Like Helen Chavez said.."Are you registered to vote? You gotta vote for Hillary, we gotta stop Trump... "
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)for the politician who did the least for Latinos. In fact, a case can be made that he's done more harm than good, as Hillary pointed out in Westminster yesterday.
and rec'd,
Cha
(305,447 posts)until I read this from Paul Chavez.. I hate it that the only way they can get by is to horn in on Hillary's endorsements.
Gracias, BlueCali~
Hekate
(94,726 posts)Si, se puede!
Cha
(305,447 posts)Gracias a ti!
ucrdem
(15,703 posts)Glad the family cleared it up but talk about a pack of lies.
Cha
(305,447 posts)Hook with him and reality flies out the window.
So glad Paul spoke out.. Cesar Chavez's son!
Mahalo, ucr~ GOTVHillary~#CaliforniaVotes!
sarae
(3,284 posts)run ads or made comments that mislead people regarding endorsements? It seems like I keep hearing about it, over and over.
Cha
(305,447 posts)will write a book about deconstructing the sanders road to failure.
sarae
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:16 PM - Edit history (1)
Bernie should be ashamed.
yardwork
(64,415 posts)The man is very narcissistic.
Cha
(305,447 posts)This is the latest.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)his fellow activist and friend Dolores Huerta, or a Son-in-law?
Funny how many dead people have endorsed Sanders.
I also hope Mrs. Chavez makes a speedy recovery.
Cha
(305,447 posts)Cesar Chavez would have gone for BS.. you wonder what makes some people tick!
Healing thoughts for his mother..
Gracias~
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)than a son-in-law
Cha
(305,447 posts)America Ferrera who plays Helen Chavez in the bio-pic..
Helen Fabela Chavez with her husband Cesar~
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/6252/20140122/helen-ch%C3%A1vez-former-labor-activist-wife-of-c%C3%A9sar-ch%C3%A1vez-united-farm-workers-of-america-helen-chavez-helen-chavez-turns-86.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Fabela_Ch%C3%A1vez
Cesar's mama is long gone..
Cesar Chavez and his mother, Juana Estrada, appear at a rally in Modesto, Calif., in 1973.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/april/fitch-photo-archive-040114.html
Sorry for the confusion~
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,602 posts)In a hospital fighting an infection loves us - America - soooo much that she asked her son to speak up and out about Trump. I know the OP focuses on her Son In Law's misreading her husband's legacy but . . .
The same day she received her ballot, she voted for Hillary and sent it back in, Paul Chavez said, referring to the imminent California primary. Shes always talking to people, Are you registered to vote? You gotta vote for Hillary, we gotta stop Trump, he said of the presumptive Republican nominee.
Thank you Helen. Thank you.
Cha
(305,447 posts)I just posted a younger pic of her Helen Fabela Chavez up thread.
caquillo
(521 posts)She played Helen Chávez in the 2014 biopic César Chávez.
Ironically, Rosario Dawson, who played Dolores Huerta in the same film, is a fanatical Sanders supporter.
Cha
(305,447 posts)I google her name and that pic came up.. and I must have not read the details.
Here she is with Cesar.. I'll edit the other one.
Helen Fabela Chavez and her husband Cesar~
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/6252/20140122/helen-ch%C3%A1vez-former-labor-activist-wife-of-c%C3%A9sar-ch%C3%A1vez-united-farm-workers-of-america-helen-chavez-helen-chavez-turns-86.htm
I had read that about Rosario.. she also has insulted Delores Huerta trying to tear down her legacy.. my money is on Delores!
Rosario Dawson is the one who evoked Monica Lewinski's name at a NY rally in April, implying that they would not be 'bullied' by the Clintons as Lewinsky apparently had been.
Cha
(305,447 posts)was dissing President Obama.. they're all their own worst enemies.
New Yorkers sure didn't fall for their BS.
America Ferrera is a Clinton surrogate. She was an ardent supporter in 2008, as she is today. In April, she wrote this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/america-ferrera/why-hillary-clinton-thrills-the-hell-out-of-me_b_9721434.html
Cha
(305,447 posts)Mahalo for the link~
I am a first-generation American, millennial, female voter and Im not only voting for Hillary Clinton, but I also really like Hillary Clinton.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)This is the part BS should've thought about long time ago!
This is the part HRC seemed to have been borne knowing!
So good to hear from the Chavez family! Another FAIL for BS campaign!
Cha
(305,447 posts)the other guy does a stump speech.
liberal N proud
(60,953 posts)Cha
(305,447 posts)never learned.
SharonClark
(10,324 posts)LisaM
(28,611 posts)"Boycott Gallo", "Don't Buy Lettuce", " Don't Buy Grapes", and.... "Nixon Eats Lettuce"! My mother used to manage the Democratic party booth at all the local fairs so I must have gotten them at one of those. We did not buy grapes for years. He organized boycotts that really worked.
Cha
(305,447 posts)Walk away
(9,494 posts)it never fails. Bernie seems to attract the fringe of everything!
caquillo
(521 posts)See: The Tea Party
still_one
(96,583 posts)inquired who they were voting for, I received responses like, "Of Course Hillary", "Hillary all the way", "everyone in our house is supporting Hillary".
Cesar Chavez was a hero for labor and civil rights.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Under the bus they go.
"Work everyday." Nothing is going to happen just because Bernie says it will. Things will happen, step by step, with Hillary's hard work, and that of her supporters. It will take time and there'll be no free college, but I'd bet there will be better health are, less inequality, more "liberty and justice for all."
Thanks for this, Cha.