Republican convention staff try to make signs in Spanish, get grammar completely wrong

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published 22 July 2016

If only someone at the Republican National Convention had done a quick Google search on Spanish grammar, they could've saved a lot of heartache. That's because the convention hall featured hundreds and hundreds of signs reading "Hispanics para Trump":

As The Hill pointed out, the only correct word on the signs was the candidate's name:

Not only did the text not translate "Hispanics" to "Hispanos," it also used "para" instead of "por."The two words — which both denote various meanings of the word "for" — are easily mixed up and a common point of frustration for those learning the language. [The Hill]

Somehow, it doesn't seem like this is going to help win the Republican Party the Hispanic support it desperately needs.