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The vast majority speak English quite well, sometimes better than persons whose native language is English.
That is not the issue here. Spanish language TV stations typically have TV commercials in Spanish, not in English. I watch the news on Univision several times a week, and rarely see an ad in English. So it is not a surprise that a Biden ad appears in Spanish on this station.
When someone speaks Spanish with a Cuban or Puerto Rican accent (which are similar Caribbean sounding dialects), I sometimes struggle to understand. My brain is tuned to Spanish with a Mexican, Colombian or Chilean accent. I watched a Cuban detective TV series on Netflix, 4 Seasons in Havana, and I turned on Spanish subtitles to help me understand the Spanish language audio.
It makes sense that a Spanish language ad in Miami had a Cuban dialect or accent, one in Orlando had a Puerto Rican accent and one in LA or Phoenix had a Mexican accent. It's no big deal. Someone has a case of BDS (Biden derangement syndrom) to complain about this.
Go back and read your fist sentence. So I ask again why the ads in Spanish? Why would politicians give speeches in Spanish? This isn't just about Biden as many other politicians have done the same thing and on both sides of the aisle.
It's targeting specific audiences. This is done all the time for political ads. In rural farming areas, the ads feature people dressed casual, often with a farm in the background. In cities, the people are in city scenes. In retirement areas, the political ads feature white and gray haired seniors usually doing something casual. Ads targeting working class often feature a manufacturing plant in the background with people wearing blue jeans and t-shirts and they talk like people in that environment. Ads targeting teachers have kids and a school in the background and a teacher talking like a teacher. Ads in the south often have someone talking in a southern accent. You wouldn't play that southern accent advertisement in New England.
That's a whole lot different then a politician speaking a foreign language as a campaign ad.
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Yes but ALL 3 speak Spanish so WHY change accents? This is just pathetic and personally offensive.
IF Dear Leader did the same he'd be praised as a GENIUS campaigner and a man who cares for the lives of others so much he attempts communicating with them in a way they'll best understand.
IF Dear Leader did the same he'd be praised as a GENIUS campaigner and a man who cares for the lives of others so much he attempts communicating with them in a way they'll best understand.
No I would find it just as disgusting and pathetic and offensive. Nice try though.
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No I would find it just as disgusting and pathetic and offensive. Nice try though.
I can't say the same for you. Just what the hell is "disgusting and pathetic and offensive" about a candidate trying to communicate with people i the way they'll best understand? Personally, I think a POTUS who cozies up to the scumbags of the world like Putin, Lil' Kim, and the Saudis is far more disgusting, pathetic, and offensive.
Seriously? Come on dude! This is just offensive as hell.
Sorry snowflake that it doesn’t make sense to you. It just shows how Americans are so insular and not well traveled. Spanish dialect varies greatly. I speak a bit of Spanish and I understand Dominicans very well, Panamanians not well at all, Mexicans so-so. There is nothing offensive about it. You wouldn’t run an ad in Alabama with a narrator with a strong NY accent.
I can't say the same for you. Just what the hell is "disgusting and pathetic and offensive" about a candidate trying to communicate with people i the way they'll best understand? Personally, I think a POTUS who cozies up to the scumbags of the world like Putin, Lil' Kim, and the Saudis is far more disgusting, pathetic, and offensive.
Just do 1 commercial in Spanish no need to change accents, and I am sure you said the same thing when Obama told Russia he would have more leeway when he was reelected and gave Iran MILLIONS of dollars and didn't do ANYTHING to get Navy sailors back when Iran took them captive. Trying to get NK to give up nuclear weapons wasn't a bad thing although I think he underestimated how crazy NK's leader is.
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Seriously? Come on dude! This is just offensive as hell.
.... moreso than a pile of dog excrement... Scrape it up and put him in the basement where he belongs. 
