Fox Anchor Smacks Down Tweeter for Telling Her to ‘Speak English’

Fox News anchor Julie Banderas traveled to Colombia and she decided to tweet a bit in Spanish:

Wow. Que dios te bendiga. RT "@jwlara: @JulieBanderas Muy admirable Julie. Me identifico con la situacion, … http://t.co/eYOYiIfTDu

— Julie Banderas (@JulieBanderas) July 12, 2015

Me estoy listando para mi vuelo en @Avianca esta noche. Necisto el contacto para connectarme con Avianca relaciones de media.

— Julie Banderas (@JulieBanderas) July 14, 2015

Unfortunately, this is one of the responses she got:

@JulieBanderas @Avianca If you are American , speak English .

— hemihead (@Hemihead73) July 14, 2015

And Banderas decided to fire back (long version of tweet underneath):

I'm in Colombia and writing a Colombian airline so I'll speak Spanish. When I fly back to NYC I'll still … http://t.co/B455RQhvJO

— Julie Banderas (@JulieBanderas) July 14, 2015

I’m in Colombia and writing a Colombian airline so I’ll speak Spanish. When I fly back to NYC I’ll still speak Spanish. You sir may continue to speak the language of ignorance. RT “@Hemihead73: @JulieBanderas @Avianca If you are American , speak English .”

Banderas engaged with some tweeters a few weeks ago after she stood up for gay couples on the air.

[h/t The Blaze]
[image via screengrab]

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