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2016 Postmortem

BainsBane

(53,035 posts) Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:38 PM Dec 2015

Who voted to make English the official language of the US?

Bernie, yes
HRC, no

http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27110/bernie-sanders/40/immigration#.VnWU7hUrI2y

http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/55463/hillary-clinton/40/immigration#.VnWVGxUrI2x

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Who voted to make English the official language of the US? (Original Post) BainsBane Dec 2015 OP

wrong... this is not a law...it sets guidlines for various things.. English as the official language Leftyforever Dec 2015 #1

She is known for her ambiguity UglyGreed Dec 2015 #2

Leftyforever

(317 posts)

1. wrong... this is not a law...it sets guidlines for various things.. English as the official language

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:45 PM

Dec 2015

is not one of them...

stop the misleading post bainsBaine...

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

2. She is known for her ambiguity

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 01:51 PM

Dec 2015

Hillary Clinton "So many of us — I did, at least — voted to say that English was our national language, but not the official language because of the legal consequences of that."

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