Romney Assures Undocumented Student He'll Crush her DREAMs

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from ThinkProgress: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/18/406052/romney-assures-undocumented-student-hell-veto-the-dream-act/



An undocumented student confronted Mitt Romney about his opposition to the DREAM Act in New York yesterday, where the GOP front-runner was in town for a fundraiser. Romney has said he would veto the legislation, which would allow a small number of top-tier undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public universities.

Lucy, who was born in Peru and brought to the U.S. when she was 10, told Romney, “I didn’t come here illegally, and I have a 4.0 GPA.” Romney replied, “that’s wonderful,” but still assured her that he would veto the legislation that Lucy described as “my dream.” Romney staffers then quickly stopped the exchange.

Lucy reported that Romney supporters snickered at her and told her to “go back to Mexico,” even though she wasn’t born there.

The GOP primary has been marked by anti-immigrant rhetoric, and a recent Pew Hispanic Center poll showed Romney losing Hispanic voters to President Obama by a 3:1 margin, far worse than John McCain did in 2008.

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[fujiyama]

1. The party's showing its true colors

and I hope this will fuck them over in NM, NV, and CO. I think AZ is still too brain dead but we can still hope.

And I find it amusing how his handlers just cut people like her off and whisk him away. I've noticed that about GOP candidates' events. They simply fear a real exchange with voters.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't go back to "Free Speech Zones" at some point

Certainly, the next Republican in the WH will.

[riderinthestorm]

2. Shame!!! K and R!! nt

[SunsetDreams]

10. I think you missed your turn

[The Genealogist]

4. “Go back to Mexico:" The standard call of the

Xenophobic Conservative Boobie, also know as the Wingnut Loon (Xenophobus Americanus)

[yellowcanine]

8. To be fair, they thought she was from Mexico because she speaks Mexican.

[BklnDem75]

9. I'm sure Mexican isn't a language

You mean Spanish?

[laundry_queen]

11. pretty sure that post above was sarcasm. nt

[yellowcanine]

12. Come now. I didn't really need a sarcasm tag for that one, did I?

Mexicans speak Mexican just like Brazilians speak Brazilian, don'tcha know? This joke has been around so long I didn't think it needed an explanation. But anyway, .....

Mexicans speak Spanish and so do at least some people from Peru.

So if someone heard her speaking Spanish they may have assumed she was from Mexico because she was speaking "Mexican".....

[BklnDem75]

14. Sorry...

You'd be surprised how often I had to correct people about that. Now it's just a reflex.

[Historic NY]

5. Sad coming from a 1/2 Mexican American.

[yellowcanine]

13. +1

[pampango]

6. Repubs control the NY senate so it is unlikely the Dream Act will pass this year.

Every state that has passed a Dream Act in the past few years had a Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor.

[WI_DEM]

7. Romney will try and 'fix it' with latnio voters by putting Rubio on the ticket with him

but I don't think that will help all that much, either.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. It's fair to say that this young lady won't be a Romney voter

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or her friends or family. Romney seems to be purposely pissing off (and away) potential voters but, hey, I guess that's what it takes to win a GOP primary nowadays?

So, now that we know that they aren't going to try to fool people with a GWB-style "compassionate conservative" angle, who's left that the GOP won't count on voting for them in the GE (in any significant numbers anyway):

1. Women
2. African-Americans
3. Hispanics (non-Cubans)
4. GLBT persons- Newt just flat out told them NOT to vote for the GOP