Apology for Hispanic judge told to 'speak English'

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A Texas official criticised a county judge for answering questions in Spanish during a news conference.

The judge had been relaying updates about a chemical fire cleanup that was broadcast live on Facebook, answering reporter's questions in Spanish and English.

At one point during the livestream, when the judge was speaking in Spanish, Mr Tice commented:"She is a joke. English this is not Mexico."."It's real simple," he said."This is the United States. Speak English."Mark Tice is the commissioner of the county neighbouring Judge Hidalgo Following the widespread condemnation of his remarks, Mr Tice clarified and apologised for his emotional response, saying he thought there had been no English translation given to the Spanish questions."I recognise how my response could have been interpreted in a derogatory manner and for that I am sorry."

In regards to the comments I issued on Judge Hidalgo’s press conference: From my understanding, there were reporters...

 

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USA has themselves to blame. Anyone know the official language? There isn’t one, so don’t complain.

What did she translate into, Spanish or English?

Apologize Our language is almost the only thing we have left in English speaking countries. We must keep our language front and center to protect our heritage and our country’s right to choose our own language to be spoken in our country.

Am in Ghana ,😁😁😁 what language is that and the meaning

Nothing wrong with that. He is in America and should speak English

The irony here is that this took place in a country where, when it is spoken, English takes on a form that would make Shakespeare rip his hair out. When did Shit have 4 syllables and why are the highest office whitehouse and Potus such functionally illiterate imbeciles? 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

Why don’t they speak English

What language did they apologise in?

Rules are rules

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