Posted on 08/18/2024 9:26:30 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
When then-President Obama awarded California labor leader Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — one person was notably absent from the ceremony in the White House’s East Room: Julie Chavez Rodriguez.
Huerta has known Chavez Rodriguez, the granddaughter of the legendary Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Huerta, since she was an infant. Chavez Rodriguez was working in the Obama administration at the time, but those who know her said her absence from the ceremony was not the least bit surprising.
“I couldn’t find Julie because she was busy working. And it’s like, ‘You should be sitting in the front row,’” said Valerie Jarrett, who served as a senior advisor to Obama. “Well, there’s no way she was going to do anything like that. She always demurs from the spotlight and … has a reputation for getting things done, doing the work, but without any drama and ruffling of feathers, which is pretty extraordinary in the political world.”
This track record is among the reasons President Biden selected the 46-year-old Chavez Rodriguez to manage his reelection campaign. And once he decided to not seek reelection in July amid mounting concerns about his cognitive skills and lagging poll numbers, Chavez Rodriguez — who has a deep, long-standing relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris — was named her presidential campaign manager.
Her practice of staying behind the curtain no longer possible, Chavez Rodriguez has emerged as a public voice for Harris on issues from running-mate selection to border policy, and has courted critical voting blocs, such as Latinos and working-class residents in battleground states.
“I’ve seen who she’s fighting for when she’s in the halls of power,” Chavez Rodriguez recently told hundreds of Harris supporters at a union hall in...
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Yes.
I always told them "no", and that they shouldn't go there.
They didn't listen, and they're all dead now.
Names mean something, it's wise to know what they mean.
Valerie Jarrett - Wasn’t she Obama’s Iranian chief of staffer?
How sweet. And nauseating.
Wonder how she squares her beliefs with those of her grandfather, who opposed illegal immigration.
Cesar Chavez viewed illegal immigrants as strike breakers. He was against illegal immigration.
Cesar Chavez was against illegal immigration.
Makes sense. Except Chavez hated “wetbacks” and sent his goons to beat them up. His filthy commie brother was the enforcer. I was in college at Fresno when he was causing problems. He sent out his goons to farmers and rather than give in many big farms just plowed the fields. Chavez sent more goons to vandalize and destroy farm equipment, ditches, buildings, tractors, basically went full South Africa. Now he is held up as some sort of peace and love freedom fighter. But like everything the democrats recreate history to suit their commie agenda.
MLK, JR. BLVD....sadly, is another.
Yes Val Jarret WAA that!! She stayed in DC wwith ozippy when zippy bought that DC house. And I believe she has an office in the white house. Doesn’t it appear that her Muxlie fingerprints are all over this Biden/Harris admin??
Her mother and dad were heavily involved in Muslim Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
Gee what could be wrong with that???
Yes Val Jarret WAS that!! She stayed in DC wwith ozippy when zippy bought that DC house. And I believe she has an office in the white house. Doesn’t it appear that her Muxlie fingerprints are all over this Biden/Harris admin??
Her mother and dad were heavily involved in Muslim Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
Gee what could be wrong with that???
La Times Courtney Subramanian and Seema Mehta
Yep...
But of course, she hired “commie royalty”.
When I was a kid I lived in Lamont, outside of Bakersfield. Farming community where Cesar Chavez got his start. On Saturdays we’d go to the movie theatre on Main St. and walk home at the end of the day. Chavez’s office was just a few storefronts down from the theatre. They kept a big bowl of candy on the counter and we’d stop in and get a piece. 😂
She was born in Persia to American parents. Her father worked at a hospital there.
interesting that the granddaughter of Chavez is working for a pro-illegals party, considering her grandfather’s position on the subject:
[from wiki]
“ Chavez believed that any strike undertaken by agricultural workers could be undermined by “wetbacks” and “illegal immigrants”.[251] Huerta urged him not to refer to migrants who had come to the U.S. illegally as “illegals” but Chavez refused, stating: “a spade’s a spade.”[250]
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