CNN commentator and Donald Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes is under fire for comments she made regarding Tim Kaine speaking in Spanish at a rally in Miami on Saturday.
Hughes told Wolf Blitzer in a comparison between Kaine and language used at the RNC in Cleveland, “But what Mr. Trump did, he spoke in a language that all Americans can understand. That is English.” She added, “I didn’t have to get a translator for anything that was going on at the RNC this week and I’m hoping I’m not going to have to start brushing up on my ‘Dora the Explorer’ to understand the speeches given this week.”
Have a watch:
CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes cites "Dora the Explorer" to criticize Kaine's Spanish https://t.co/6zhOImPFBi https://t.co/F3XF1b1y7v
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 23, 2016
Maybe she missed Ralph Alvarado from Kentucky speaking in Spanish at the RNC?
Ralph Alvarado addresses #RNCinCLE in #Spanish to urge Latinos to vote Republican & for Trump. pic.twitter.com/3huTZlLpmw
— Amita Kelly (@_amita_) July 21, 2016
Full translation of Alvarado's speech at #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/ICY59T5i0S
— Kellie Mejdrich (@kelmej) July 21, 2016
Hughes has since apologized:
I never meant 2 cause hurt rather attempt 2 reference a cute tool I learned/taught Spanish 2 my own children obviously failed. I was wrong
— Scottie Nell Hughes (@scottienhughes) July 23, 2016
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