{"id":366799,"date":"2021-04-01T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=366799"},"modified":"2021-04-01T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:31:31","slug":"jill-biden-tries-to-speak-spanish-fails-badly-journalists-call-out-flag-behind-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-tries-to-speak-spanish-fails-badly-journalists-call-out-flag-behind-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden Tries To Speak Spanish, Fails Badly. Journalists Call Out Flag Behind Her."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjill-biden-tries-to-speak-spanish-fails-badly-journalists-call-out-flag-behind-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=366799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-20.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>First Lady Jill Biden was mocked and criticized on Wednesday afternoon after a botched attempt to speak Spanish. Video of her failed attempt to speak a foreign language then drew attention to a controversial-looking flag that was behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden made the remarks during an event speaking to farmworkers on the birthday of Cesar Chavez, a left-wing labor leader and activist who had a history of making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/cesar-chavez-history-anti-immigration-positions-biden-bust\">bigoted<\/a> remarks toward immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2018Si se puede\u2019 (Yes you\/we can) not \u2018Si se pwadueh,&#8217;\u201d RGA Deputy Communications Director Joanna Rodriguez, who is fluent in Spanish, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joannamrod\/status\/1377420575497412621\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cI can\u2019t even imagine what word she was trying to say. Seriously why even try pandering if you\u2019re going to butcher it and not practice before?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSi se what???? I\u2019m sure some one will surely tell Jill Biden \u2018puadray\u2019 is NOT a word in the Spanish dictionary,\u201d Journalist Dania Alexandrino, who is a native Spanish speaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniaPeriodista\/status\/1377437377963040768\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cFor those who are celebrating her effort, yeah NO! Very far from \u2018Si se Puede\u2019 which means \u2018Yes (we) can.\u2019 We in parenthesis because it can also be yes you can!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.8441558441558\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZW8PYVlqYn\">pic.twitter.com\/ZW8PYVlqYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexei Koseff (@akoseff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akoseff\/status\/1377388159160311809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wild that in the course of three months we went from a supermodel First Lady who spoke five languages, to fake Dr. Pwadway,\u201d others <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComfortablySmug\/status\/1377424245874065413\">mocked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the clip went viral, journalists and commentators called attention to the flag that was behind her, which appeared to resemble Nazi imagery. The flag was the official flag of the United Farm Workers of America. The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/ufw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/UFWTrademarkfaq-5-18-16.pdf\">claims<\/a> that the eagle that is featured on the flag was designed by Cesar Chavez\u2019s brother, Richard Chavez.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/how-cesar-chavez-changed-the-world-3735853\/\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a>&nbsp;provided more context in a profile of Chavez [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><em>The story of the black eagle, the movement\u2019s symbol, exemplifies [Cesar] Chavez\u2019s skill as a tactician. <strong>He researched emblems, including cigarette boxes and Nazi flags, and concluded that the most potent color combination was red, black and white.<\/strong> He picked the eagle and directed his brother to draw the bird so simply that anyone could easily replicate the symbol.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Daily Caller White House correspondent Christian Datoc wrote: \u201cQuestioning the @FLOTUS staffers who thought it was a good idea to put their boss in front of what looks like a giant Nazi eagle.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0355329949239\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Questioning the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a> staffers who thought it was a good idea to put their boss in front of what looks like a giant Nazi eagle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nj4qhm7VeH\">https:\/\/t.co\/nj4qhm7VeH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1377582405477924866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong wrote: \u201cIs Jill Biden standing in front of a derivative of the Nazi flag? Let\u2019s get some fact checkers on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.2205882352941\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is Jill Biden standing in front of a derivative of the Nazi flag? Let\u2019s get some fact checkers on that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SK2Aoy1UMn\">https:\/\/t.co\/SK2Aoy1UMn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oudOwG4tDq\">pic.twitter.com\/oudOwG4tDq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1377402979871977473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The flag, while it appears to resemble imagery from the Third Reich, does not appear to have been created with the same evil ideology in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle,\u201d Cesar Chavez <a href=\"https:\/\/ufw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/UFWTrademarkfaq-5-18-16.pdf\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt gives pride\u2026When people see it they know it means dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization says that Richard Chavez \u201csquared off the wing edges so that the eagle would be easier for union members to draw on the handmade red flags that would give courage to the farm workers with their own powerful symbol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Jill Biden was mocked and criticized on Wednesday afternoon after a botched attempt to speak Spanish. 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