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GOP Rep Says He Opposes Immigration Reform Because Latinos Are Uneducated, Will Never Support Republicans
By Igor Volsky on Jan 29, 2013 at 10:23 am
Republican senators in the so-called Gang of 8 working to enact comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship argue that repairing the broken system would attract Latino voters to the GOP. As Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) explained during a Sunday appearance on ABCs This Week, We are losing dramatically the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons, and weve got to understand that. In November, President Obama won 71 percent of the Hispanic vote while Mitt Romney won 27 percent.
But some Republicans disagree. Responding to the bipartisan framework, Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) echoed the rhetoric surrounding immigrants and Democratic voters throughout the 2012 election and suggested that Hispanics would never vote for Republicans who dont provide them with government hand outs:
Its amnesty that America cant afford, Barletta said Monday. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to America illegally and then be granted citizenship one day.
I hope politics is not at the root of why were rushing to pass a bill. Anyone who believes that theyre going to win over the Latino vote is grossly mistaken, Barletta said. The majority that are here illegally are low-skilled or may not even have a high school diploma. The Republican Party is not going to compete over who can give more social programs out. They will become Democrats because of the social programs theyll depend on.
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more:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/29/1509411/gop-rep-says-he-opposes-immigrations-reform-because-latinos-are-uneducated-will-never-support-republicans/
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)if he loses he should have to resign and leave the country
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)He's my rep and he's not the sharpest pencil in the cup.
Independentguy
(5 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)lotsofsnowplease
(19 posts)Speaking this way about people one knows nothing about reminds me of my boss. To many degrees, no life experience. Shutup dumbass!!!
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)brooklynite
(94,552 posts)...if Barletta thinks that Tea-Party patronizing is going to keep it for him, I think he's dreaming.