Memo to Ted Cruz: It’s time to get better at speaking Spanish

Fusion ^ | March 23, 2015 | Juan Vidal

[__rvx86]

Maybe—some of the native Americans there are so isolated, they never learned Spanish: note how some of the so-called “vulnerable children” crossing the border, speak only tribal languages.

[Lucky9teen]

Sorry, that post before was not directed at you...it was directed to the author of the article. :)

[SkyDancer]

Okay, sometimes I feel they’re directed at me and then I’m also guilty of doing the same.

R/Janey

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

The idea isn’t bad, but I think it might crash and burn in reality. You can’t just become fluent in a language overnight. If he hasn’t used it for years and would sound stupid, then it would backfire and the Dems would try to make him look like a carpetbagger. (Or “Uncle Juan” or whatever.)

I *do* hope his father, who presumably speaks excellent Spanish and is also well-versed in public speaking, will run around to every Spanish-language TV channel etc. and speak on his son’s behalf. I think he could be really helpful to the campaign. I presume they’ve thought of this already. (Hope so!)