Cesar Chavez’s Son: Not True That My Father Would Have Supported Sanders
“The fact of the matter is most of us in the family that continue to work closely in the movement that my father began strongly support the candidacy of Hillary,” Paul F. Chavez, president of the Cesar Chavez foundation, told BuzzFeed News.
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On Sunday, David Villarino, a son-in-law of labor leader Cesar Chavez, introduced Bernie Sanders to a crowd in Bakersfield, California.
Villarino told the crowd if he was alive today, Chavez would support Sanders for president.
That energetic proclamation did not sit well with Paul Chavez, Cesar Chavez’s son and president of the Cesar Chavez Foundation, who told BuzzFeed News the family largely supports Hillary Clinton
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Paul Chavez said that support goes up to his mother, Helen Chavez, 88, who is in the hospital fighting an infection. Nevertheless, he said his mother has asked his sister to talk to him about running public service announcements for Clinton, urging people to get out to vote.
“The same day she received her ballot, she voted for Hillary and sent it back in,” Paul Chavez said, referring to the imminent California primary. “She’s always talking to people, ‘Are you registered to vote? You gotta vote for Hillary, we gotta stop Trump,’” he said of the presumptive Republican nominee.
His mother told him that if she weren’t sick, she would be walking precincts for Clinton today, “the way she did for Bobby Kennedy back in the day.”
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Clinton has embraced the moral authority of the farm workers movement, deploying Dolores Huerta — who worked with Cesar Chavez — around the country as a Hispanic surrogate, and calling her one of her heroes in a Spanish-language ad that aired in California, Illinois, and Florida. The ad also highlights the endorsement of the United Farm Workers union.
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Still, Paul Chavez called his father a “practical idealist” who would have seen a lot to like in Clinton’s worldview.
“He believed this country was big enough and great enough to offer its share of bounty to all of us, but he also knew you had to go to work everyday and provide results on a daily basis,” Paul Chavez said, before pointing to Clinton’s work for immigration policy, collective bargaining for farmworkers in California, and early childhood education for Latino children. “When I think about that and the work and track record of Hillary there is no question in my mind who my father would support.”
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Thanks, Cha!!
a brother-in-law had tried to say differently.. but I'm so glad Cesar's son, Paul.. spoke out so eloquently on their support for ..
Si se Puede~ Estoy Contigo!
the record straight!
Viva Chavez and viva Hillary! 
GOTV4Hillary!
Gracias!
same badge of honor!
Mahalo, john~
I hate to see division in families, but mine is all over the map politically, so I know it happens.I hate it, too.. I was just thinking of MLK's children in that respect when I posted a pic of him with Muhammad Ali.
All of my family doesn't support Hillary now but I never talk politics with them since BS entered the scene.. I just know that we will be talking about it in the GE.
Patience grasshopper~
to co-op Cesar Chavez.. not on his son's and wife's watch!
Like Helen Chavez said.."‘Are you registered to vote? You gotta vote for Hillary, we gotta stop Trump... "
for the politician who did the least for Latinos. In fact, a case can be made that he's done more harm than good, as Hillary pointed out in Westminster yesterday.
and rec'd, 
until I read this from Paul Chavez.. I hate it that the only way they can get by is to horn in on Hillary's endorsements.
Gracias, BlueCali~
Glad the family cleared it up but talk about a pack of lies.
Hook with him and reality flies out the window.
So glad Paul spoke out.. Cesar Chavez's son!
Mahalo, ucr~ GOTVHillary~#CaliforniaVotes!
will write a book about deconstructing the sanders road to failure.
sarae
This is the latest.
Cesar Chavez would have gone for BS.. you wonder what makes some people tick!
Healing thoughts for his mother..
Gracias~
America Ferrera who plays Helen Chavez in the bio-pic..
Helen Fabela Chavez with her husband Cesar~
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/6252/20140122/helen-ch%C3%A1vez-former-labor-activist-wife-of-c%C3%A9sar-ch%C3%A1vez-united-farm-workers-of-america-helen-chavez-helen-chavez-turns-86.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Fabela_Ch%C3%A1vez
Cesar's mama is long gone..
Cesar Chavez and his mother, Juana Estrada, appear at a rally in Modesto, Calif., in 1973.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/april/fitch-photo-archive-040114.html
Sorry for the confusion~
lol
I google her name and that pic came up.. and I must have not read the details.
Here she is with Cesar.. I'll edit the other one.
Helen Fabela Chavez and her husband Cesar~
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/6252/20140122/helen-ch%C3%A1vez-former-labor-activist-wife-of-c%C3%A9sar-ch%C3%A1vez-united-farm-workers-of-america-helen-chavez-helen-chavez-turns-86.htm
I had read that about Rosario.. she also has insulted Delores Huerta trying to tear down her legacy.. my money is on Delores!
Rosario Dawson is the one who evoked Monica Lewinski's name at a NY rally in April, implying that they would not be 'bullied' by the Clintons as Lewinsky apparently had been.
was dissing President Obama.. they're all their own worst enemies.
New Yorkers sure didn't fall for their BS.
Thank you!
