Hispandering – Law Street https://legacy.lawstreetmedia.com Law and Policy for Our Generation Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:46:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 100397344 #NotMyAbuela: Twitter Mocks Hillary Clinton’s “Hispandering” Post https://legacy.lawstreetmedia.com/elections/notmyabuela-twitter-mocks-hillary-clintons-hispandering-post/ https://legacy.lawstreetmedia.com/elections/notmyabuela-twitter-mocks-hillary-clintons-hispandering-post/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:59:49 +0000 http://lawstreetmedia.com/?p=49739

This isn't the way you get the Hispanic vote.

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While Donald Trump is busy alienating Hispanics, other candidates are desperately trying to tap into the highly valued Hispanic vote to fuel their campaigns. So in an attempt to connect with Hispanic voters, Hillary Clinton’s team uploaded a new post to her campaign site Monday titled “7 things Hillary Clinton has in common with your abuela.”

In the post Clinton plays up her new role as grandmother while talking about the importance of el respeto, but Hispanic voters weren’t buying it. Clinton was immediately accused of “hispandering” aka pandering to Hispanics, and the backlash was muy grande.

The hashtag #NotMyAbuela quickly became a trending topic, with Hispanic voters listing off all the ways Hillary is not like their abuelas. Many of the tweets mocked the comparison with humor.

Other posts took a much more serious approach. Some users began using the hashtag to criticize Clinton’s white privilege and foreign policy, while juxtaposing all the ways their abuelas’ struggles were nothing like Clinton’s.

All of the criticism has caused some people to wonder if there’s a bit of a double standard from voters, since many Bernie Sanders supporters and staffers often refer to him as “Tio Bernie” or Uncle Bernie. If “tio” is ok for Sanders, why isn’t “abuela” for Clinton?

Regardless, it’s clear now that Clinton’s attempt at “hispandering” went way too far, and potentially alienated her from possible supporters. Even though the Democratic frontrunner seemingly has the nomination in the bag, mistakes like this could end up seriously hurting her campaign.

Alexis Evans
Alexis Evans is an Assistant Editor at Law Street and a Buckeye State native. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Business from Ohio University. Contact Alexis at aevans@LawStreetMedia.com.

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