Richardson: Debate slighted Hispanics with English-only policy

“Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Monday that sponsors of the first ever U.S. presidential debate on a Spanish-language network slighted them when they barred him from speaking Spanish in what he called appeasement to the front-running candidates.

The New Mexico governor, who is Hispanic, said Hispanics will be a major force in the upcoming presidential election, especially in states with early primaries and caucuses such as Arizona and California.”

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