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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jun 2019

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      1. This whole "speaking Spanish" thing is mystifying to me. I mean knowing more than one language is a good thing! Spanish is a world language, the language of America's largest neighbor and many other states in the hemisphere! https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1144973537364590593 …

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jun 2019

      2. Tens of millions of Americans speak Spanish. Why not address them? In Canada, it's the norm for prime ministers to be bilingual. Trudeau greatly benefitted politically from being fluent in English and French.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jun 2019

      3. Also, in Canada even national politicians who aren't fully at least make a fucking effort. I mean Harper's French was painful, as was Chretien's English (and, tbh, his French). Still, they tried and that counted.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jun 2019

          4. Also Rubio and Jeb spoke Spanish during the Republican debates in 2016.Did Stephens object to that then or did he see it as a sign that they were making an outreach to an important group of voters?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Jun 2019

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          Re: making "millions of Americans feel like strangers in their own land." Trump ran as a goddam birther & got the GOP nomination and, thanks to the electoral college, the presidency. https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT/status/1144953169799262209 …

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        1. ComicBookBin‏ @comicbookbin 29 Jun 2019
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          Chrétien and Harper were both bilingual and I will argue that Chrétien was fully fluent. There's a difference between accent, pronunciation and fluency. Yes, the running gag was that he was neither able to speak French no English, but that's because he did not speak like elites.

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        2. Lady Halibut Lee‏ @ladyheatherlee 29 Jun 2019
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          There is no choice. You can’t be PM without speaking both languages at least well enough to handle a debate. Praise be or Kevin O’Leary might have been our reality show PM.

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        3. Sharon Dunn & Gary 🐱 🇨🇦IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦‏ @SharonDunn54 30 Jun 2019
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          Well said!

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        1. Mundi‏ @grandmundi 29 Jun 2019
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          Well because constitutionally French and English enjoy equal status as official languages of Canada. It is not because they want to try or something.

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        1. IrrevLyn is wearing a Bast-damned mask & BLM!  😷 😾‏ @Reverend_Lyn 29 Jun 2019
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          And, here's the thing - it plays right into the hands of taking pride in ignorance. In Europe, it's just understood that a lot of people speak more than one language. We've got the wrong priorities and aren't using best teaching methods, here, tbh.

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        1. Jim Joseph‏ @jimjoseph0 29 Jun 2019
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          I agree with your sentiment but in Canada we have two official languages and it’s been a custom for a long time for our leaders to be bilingual. Also, many quebecers want to leave so we’re not a great example of national unity.

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