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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 didnt come here illegally, and I have a 4.0 GPA. Romney replied, thats 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 wasnt 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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read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/mitt-romney-dream-act_n_1214157.html
fujiyama
(15,185 posts)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
(24,391 posts)Certainly, the next Republican in the WH will.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Response to bigtree (Original post)
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SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Xenophobic Conservative Boobie, also know as the Wingnut Loon (Xenophobus Americanus)
yellowcanine
(35,693 posts)BklnDem75
(2,918 posts)You mean Spanish?
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)yellowcanine
(35,693 posts)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
(2,918 posts)You'd be surprised how often I had to correct people about that. Now it's just a reflex.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)yellowcanine
(35,693 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)Every state that has passed a Dream Act in the past few years had a Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)but I don't think that will help all that much, either.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 19, 2012, 06:17 PM - Edit history (3)
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