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kpete

(71,963 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:42 AM Apr 2013

Congressman Explains Boston: Al Queda Camps On Mexican Border Are Training Islamists To Act Hispanic

Congressman Says Bombings Reveal Danger Of Immigration Bill: ‘Radical Islamists…Are Trained To Act Hispanic’
By Igor Volsky posted from ThinkProgress Immigration on Apr 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

During an appearance on CSPAN’s Washington Journal on Wednesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) claimed that this week’s bombings of the Boston Marathon should give pause to immigration reform advocates who seek to reform the system.

“We have seen this in Israel,” Gohmert said of the Boston attacks and recalled visiting areas that had been struck by suicide bombers. “Finally the Israeli people said this is enough. They built a fence and the rest is a wall to prevent snipers from telling their kids. They finally stopped the domestic violence from people that wanted to destroy them. I am concerned we need to do that as well.”

The Tea Party favorite said he feared people entering the country illegally or posing as undocumented Hispanic immigrants could carry out “copycat things.” “We know Al Qaeda has camps on the Mexican border,” he said. “We have people that are trained to act Hispanic when they are radical Islamists.”

Gohmert criticized the bipartisan immigration bill unveiled by the Gang of 8 this week, arguing that it would give immigrants “a bit of amnesty.” “You have to understand that we want America to continue to be a haven for people that want to live free,” he added. “When you have the greatest liberties, you will draw people that want to destroy you.”


http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/04/17/1879411/congressman-says-bombings-reveal-danger-of-immigration-bill-radical-islamistsare-trained-to-act-hispanic/

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Congressman Explains Boston: Al Queda Camps On Mexican Border Are Training Islamists To Act Hispanic (Original Post) kpete Apr 2013 OP
Serious question. Does Texas have a way of removing mentally incompetent sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #1
They kept Dolph Briscoe and he was certified round the bend. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #10
We actually encourage them to run under the belief that an ignorant politician... LanternWaste Apr 2013 #12
Translation: "They all look alike to me" Warpy Apr 2013 #2
. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #3
One more and he can have a trifecta liberal N proud Apr 2013 #4
So what happens when this perpetrator ends up nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #5
No, just build a fence around Louie Gohmert. longship Apr 2013 #6
Fucking Gohmert. Like I even had to look. bullwinkle428 Apr 2013 #7
I guessed it was Gohmert susanr516 Apr 2013 #9
Can they train them to eat pork tamales and carnitas? jsr Apr 2013 #8
It's a page straight out of Men in Black. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #11
Not even The Onion or the National Lampoon hifiguy Apr 2013 #13
He proposed a new solution today Coyotl Apr 2013 #14
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
12. We actually encourage them to run under the belief that an ignorant politician...
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:55 AM
Apr 2013

We actually encourage the bottom quartile to run under the belief that an ignorant politician can do far less damage than than a malignant yet clever one.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
2. Translation: "They all look alike to me"
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:49 AM
Apr 2013

Oh, where have we heard that before?

Sorry, buddy, but it's more than just learning Spanish. Discarding a lifetime of body language is next to impossible. Shoot, white folks from California stuck out like sore thumbs in Boston.

Then again, "stupid" is far too inadequate a word to describe Louie the GOMER.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
5. So what happens when this perpetrator ends up
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:10 AM
Apr 2013

Being a white god ol' boy from middle America? Not saying I know this for a fact, but if this happens to be the case, do we build a fence around middle America?

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
13. Not even The Onion or the National Lampoon
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:58 AM
Apr 2013

could have, in their heydays, come up with something this mind-bogglingly demented.

This mook is too stupid to walk.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
14. He proposed a new solution today
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:13 PM
Apr 2013

Build big fences around white neighborhoods to protect them from anyone not perfectly white, and make all the colored help leave by sunset

MORANS!!

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