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cali

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Sat Sep 20, 2014, 03:55 AM Sep 2014

NC Congressional Candidate Mark Walker: no qualms about war with Mexico

Mark Walker, the Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, has a plan for dealing with securing the country’s border with Mexico: first use the National guard then escalate. (See the video below.)

At a candidates forum held by Will of the People, a tea party group, ahead of the Republican run-off election, Walker was asked how he would secure the country’s southern border.

His answer: “My first answer is we’re going to utilize the National Guard as much as we can. But I will tell you, if you have foreigners who were sneaking in with drug cartels to me that is a national threat and if we’ve got to go laser or blitz somebody with a couple of fighter jets for a little while to make our point, I don’t have a problem with that either.”

The moderator then said: “I hope you wouldn’t have any qualms about starting up a little war with Mexico.”

Walker assured he would not, saying: “Well, we did it before, if we need to do it again, I don’t have a qualm about it.”

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/18/4162234/republican-mark-walker-no-qualms.html#storylink=cpy

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NC Congressional Candidate Mark Walker: no qualms about war with Mexico (Original Post) cali Sep 2014 OP
They get more insane every day. truebluegreen Sep 2014 #1
How is that a 'national threat'? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #2
Why are you asking a logical question. He's a wingnut bagger. There is no logic cali Sep 2014 #3
JuanitaJean's take. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #4
As long as his kids are on the front line, 1st wave. I dont mind either Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #5
I mind that anyone can express such loony shit and not be drummed out cali Sep 2014 #6
Good point Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #7

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. How is that a 'national threat'?
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 07:57 AM
Sep 2014

Drug smugglers do less damage to the country than their buddies on Wall Street. I don't see them rounding up Jamie Dimon with the National Guard.

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