Cool, cool. No bid deal, right? Just the AP declaring that Beto O’Rourke is a native Spanish speaker:
This is @AP coverage of the #Beto launch rally. … he "spoke at length in his native Spanish…"
Neato. pic.twitter.com/AOLWRa0I21
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) March 31, 2019
HAHAHA:
"native Spanish"? Dude is Irish-American heritage.
— Colonel Texas Woman (@col_potter94) March 31, 2019
“Who knew?”
Wait. . . They speak Spanish in Ireland? WHO KNEW!?!
— Kelly D Johnston (@johnston_kelly) March 31, 2019
And this:
— aarond23 (@aarond23) March 31, 2019
They’ve since changed it without noting the error, mind you:
Looks like they have now changed it in the article without noting the change/correction.
— Brian Knotts (@brianknotts) March 31, 2019
Here’s the new text from the AP:
“We have learned not to fear our differences, but to respect and embrace them,” he told a crowd that waved small American flags and black-and-white signs reading “Viva Beto” while often interrupting their candidate to chant his first name. O’Rourke also spoke at length in Spanish, eliciting loud and sustained cheers.
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