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2016 Postmortem

Vattel

(9,289 posts)

7. O'Malley is flat out wrong and dishonest.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 01:37 AM

Nov 2015

Contrary to what O'Malley suggested, Sanders never made a blanket statement that "immigrants take our jobs and depress our wages." What he said to Dobbs was that he didn’t know why “we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than they are right now.”

And it is true that some of the sort of guest worker programs that Sanders opposes do "take our jobs and depress our wages."

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O’Malley slams Clinton and Sanders for ‘poll-tested triangulation’ on immigration.WaPo [View all] elleng Nov 2015 OP

That's too bad. HerbChestnut Nov 2015 #1

Good for him. askew Nov 2015 #2

Great analysis, askew. elleng Nov 2015 #4

Hmm... I'd like to see a link to what Bernie's comments were to Dobbs that O'Mally asserts here... cascadiance Nov 2015 #3

Take a look at the Think Progress link I posted. askew Nov 2015 #6

Again O'Mally is MISCHARACTERIZING Bernie's statements on who is to blame!!!! cascadiance Nov 2015 #10

I fundamentally disagree with everything you said. askew Nov 2015 #12

I think you owe us specifics as to what Bernie is "lying about" on his stances on immigration... cascadiance Nov 2015 #16

K&R. n/t FSogol Nov 2015 #5

O'Malley is flat out wrong and dishonest. Vattel Nov 2015 #7

Not true, this is just another issue in which O'Malley is the better candidate. n/t FSogol Nov 2015 #8

Seriously? You think guest worker programs never suppress wages or take jobs from Americans? Vattel Nov 2015 #9

That disappointing to me. Hillary yes she does do that, everything with her is poll driven Autumn Nov 2015 #11

He's done a huge 180 on immigration reform and refugees. askew Nov 2015 #13

You keep thinking that. It's been explaind to you that O'Malley is wrong Autumn Nov 2015 #15

Excellent article. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #14