Latino voters say health care, controversial remark spur them to turn out for McAuliffe

[Beacool]

By Luz Lazo and Debbi Wilgoren
November 5, 2013

Some Latinos who turned out to vote in the Northern Virginia suburbs on Tuesday said they were supporting Democrat Terry McAuliffe for governor because they believed his opponent is anti-immigrant.

Republican Ken Cuccinelli II, Virginia’s attorney general, was pilloried in a Democratic campaign commercial for a remark he made criticizing a D.C. law on pest control, which he claimed prevented the killing of rats.

“It is worse than our immigration policy,” Cuccinelli said in a 2012 radio interview. “You can’t break up rat families .?.?. and you can’t even kill ’em.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/latino-voters-say-health-care-controversial-remark-spur-them-to-turn-out-for-mcauliffe/2013/11/05/a942c4bc-462b-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html

Well, the "rats" came out to defeat this slimy, bigoted creep.

[lunasun]

1. Whoa if I was an immigrant that statement would get me to my polling place ASAP on election day

[Beacool]

2. One reliable thing about the Tea Party, they have foot in mouth disease.

And thank goodness for that because they out themselves as the kooks that they are.

[lunasun]

8. Yes but kooks is too kind and nothing good to thank about their existence

A vile hate filled tribe that is proud to shout it out

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. what a horrible thing to say

[Beacool]

4. Yep, that's why I'm ecstatic that he lost the race.

People like him shouldn't have a place in government.

[Nye Bevan]

5. Ah. Not the first "macacca moment" in VA. (nt)

[nomorenomore08]

7. And probably not the last either. Considering how these guys roll.

[Beacool]

9. Too true........

And there'll probably be more of those moments to come.

[HipChick]

6. There is a large latino and asian immigrant population in NOVA

[Beacool]

10. Which probably ran to vote against the Cooch.