GOP Congressman Jason Smith tells Democrat 'Go back to Puerto Rico' on House floor
Source: Grit Post
Rep. Jason Smith (R-Missouri) has been identified as the Republican Congressman who told Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-California) to go back to Puerto Rico during a debate on the House floor.
According to The Hill, Jason Smith shouted at Cardenas in the midst of a chaotic procedural debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
While the Missouri Republican tried to suggest that he was referring to House Democrats recent trip to Puerto Rico and that the comment was directed at all Democratic members of the House, Cardenas, a Hispanic man who was born and raised in Los Angeles, disagreed.
Since I was a little boy Ive heard that blurted at me many times, Cardenas told The Hill. But its sad that anything even remotely close to that would be said to me on the floor of the House.
Read more: https://gritpost.com/congressman-jason-smith-puerto-rico/
Missouri Republican Jason Smith: Channeling Steve King.
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)Pretty soon the GOP won't have anyone left to fill committee slots!
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)czarjak
(11,278 posts)mpcamb
(2,871 posts)Onyrleft
(344 posts)zanana1
(6,122 posts)quakerboy
(13,920 posts)of a Walmart in his district.
3439 William St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 (573) 335-4600
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)onetexan
(13,043 posts)This racist is utterly despicable.
Onyrleft
(344 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)before they shout hate filled racial crap at our Dems
TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)We've got Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas and Missouri weighing in on the really fucking stupid side. We can add more. WTF? Is our educational system that lacking there?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)Is it all TV and no books or what?
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)When you have generations of like minded people,the results are predictable. Kind of a Stockholm syndrome . Grew up with this crap around me,and a few years ago returned to my Hometown only to find the same Family Groups spewing Racial Hatred as they did in the fifties and sixties. BTW,these same people travel in their Parents and Grandparents same social religious groups.
rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)... there are some of us out here fighting the good fight. Our district elected Sharice Davids.
SWBTATTReg
(22,143 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 17, 2019, 11:01 PM - Edit history (1)
these idiots out of office a long time ago but they've rigged the system and gerrymandered districts to their liking. Making it almost impossible to get democratic nominees voted in. At least this idiot will stand out as an idiot and stupid member of the republican caucus from MO. A true shame and not reflective of all Missourian values, believe me.
I'm from MO too...
Rebl2
(13,523 posts)about this. I live in Kansas City area and they have rigged the system and gerrymandered districts.
Its a shame all who have responded to this post have decided all who live in Missouri are like this person.
hostalover
(447 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,143 posts)to deal w/ the statewide republicans (as we all know, being MO residents) who have ignored the will of Missouri voters in some things, such as the statewide measure that addressing puppy mill abuses, and our charming MO state legislature then passed an law repealing that measure and setup some 'standards' instead. Nice! Ignore what the voters wanted.
Other abuses also include telling us (as Missourians) to when the word 'meat' can be used, which I think is way too much regulation into our lives and they shouldn't be telling Missouri voters what they can or can not do in things of this nature. Before long, they'll be telling us when we can or can not use a word, and how to use it.
Ignorant and impacts my freedom of speech. Let the free markets determine this, not state government. If consumers are misled by the word 'meat' in packaging of products, then don't buy it. Keep government out of this. Before long, they'll be into all sorts of areas because they don't like something.
kag
(4,079 posts)and individual freedom. Right. They want deregulation just up until they don't. (Usually when a woman, brown/black person, poor person, etc. begins to get "too much" freedom and, god forbid, finds their voice to stand up to these bastards.)
Lonestarblue
(10,012 posts)When the president of the United States is too stupid to know that Puerto Rico is part of the US, why would we expect his ignorant supporters to know better? Far too many people of color have been told to go back to Africa when we all know that many of them have an estors who were brought here in the 1700s and 1800s. Hispanics of Mexican or Puerto Rican descent also have every right to be here. Im really, really fed up with this attitude of white superiority, and to have it displayed blatantly by an elected representative of the people is just disgusting.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)hotrod0808
(323 posts)The schooling is that bad here. Funding has been low due to the statewide policy of keeping taxes low on everyone, and nealy nonexistent on corporations to get them here or keep them here. My state is a fucking embarrassment.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)and haven't been treated badly.
I just wonder if the Wonder Bread and TV is all? I'm old, useless and in the way, but damn! Turn on the computer and give 'em access. Our "bush" kids up here are way beyond that crap.
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Onyrleft
(344 posts)I live in this clown's district.
akraven
(1,975 posts)I really didn't mean to denigrate. It's just that there's way too much stupid coming out. Started by the pResident, and fostered by his idiot followers.
I'll just go finish my pizza now..... blush...
George II
(67,782 posts)dhill926
(16,346 posts)um...Missouri...
SWBTATTReg
(22,143 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)(sarcasm thingie goes here)
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Guy looks barely younger than me, and I was out of grad school 2 years when that punk was born!
AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)As a former resident of the State of Missouri I can say without a doubt that this district comprises the biggest bunch of ignorant, backward-thinking yokels you would ever have the misfortune to meet. They excel at voting against their own best interests, to the point that that entire portion of the state is a cesspool of puppy mills and meth manufactories because there is no other way to make a living in that area. If I had to drive through there I would make sure I had a full tank of gas and enough food so I didn't have to stop.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)The 8th district is pretty bad. For example, it includes Cape Girardeau. I am pretty sure Rush Limbaugh is from Cape Girardeau. Enough said?
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)sandensea
(21,639 posts)It's much the same way you describe Missouri's 8th - with the exception of Ole Miss and the surrounding town of Oxford.
Oxford/Ole Miss is a relatively prosperous island in a sea of semi-rural backwardness because it's basically a pork barrel satellite, utterly dependent on the fedrul gummint.
The same gummint most voters there hate with a passion - except when it comes to war in heathen lands, of course.
There are many exceptions to these far-right sentiments, I should note. But most white voters just seem impervious.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)sandensea
(21,639 posts)AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)as the R's have their sacrificial lamb for racism ("see our party is not racist....)" So Smith will get a pass....
noneof_theabove
(410 posts)You cannot control a population that is:
#1 Well educated. [they will call you bluff - did I hear B Devos?]
#2 Well funded. [can't by stuff for a revolution - shutdown]
#3 Well fed. [can revolt on an empty stomach - lead to #4]
#4 Healthy [Ask Napoleon how that winter march to Moscow worked out]
Remove any 1 of the 4 and you control that population.
*population - any group of people, school, city, state, region country, etc
DO YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS SLOW MOVING COUP ? ? ?
area51
(11,911 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)Blatant lies from beginning to end. Clearly his voters are right out of the hills, probably all meth heads. He can tell them anything, shove photoshopped images right up their noses, and they are all too unconscious to notice.
A man of honor COULDN'T behave this way, but then, he wouldn't be a Republican, either!
Wow, this is low. Their hole is getting deeper and deeper.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)It's pretty safe to say this guy's though of as "just one of the boys" in his district - and is thus the perfect type of creature to encourage all the worst impulses.
That's why, as you know, they want a Steve King in every district that will elect one: they want as many bad influences as possible.
Meanwhile, the elites rob them all blind.
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)This is the first time the Tea Party racist have not called the tune and it is already grating them.
Expect more of this.
And bring it on! Time for them to really shine!
They are about to learn what an effective Speaker looks like! Goodness knows they have never seen one!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Just stand there in front of him and look him right in the eye. He couldn't stand it for more than ten seconds. A young, Somali, Muslim woman who is a House member and an equal.
Maybe I'll email her and suggest it. His head might explode.
CSPAN will see ratings like they haven't seen in a long time.
MLAA
(17,298 posts)I suspect if these kind of confrontations start taking place, a whole slew of the cowards will be forced to pull a pence and say they cant be in a room with any woman except mother.
Livluvgrow
(377 posts)every Democrat in the house should now refer to him as "Piece of Shit". Every time the opportunity arises they could defer their time on the floor to the "Piece of Shit". Millions of people would instantly know who that is. CSPAN would liven up.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)And Republicans themselves set the tone as far back as 1981, when the infamous John Le Boutellier started referring to Democrats in terms like "idiot," "birdbrain," "scum," and, in Speaker Tip O'Neill's case, "old, fat, and out of control - just like the federal government."
O'Neill personally recruited NY Democrat Bob Mrazek to run against "the Boot" - who was very much given the boot in the '82 election and has never been seen or heard from again.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)sandensea
(21,639 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)The GOP--the party of tRump, Steve King, Louis Gomert and this guy--doesn't have any problems with race.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)it would be nice to go on vacation. Puerto Rico could use the tourism money I'm sure.
I was born in America but even some liberal DUers have told me to go back to India. buy me a plane ticket! I'd love to go visit but economy class airfare is so expensive.
There was a black fellow who started up a gofundme for racists who want to send him back to Africa. He's never been to Africa and would love to see it.
Ironically, I've gotten the reverse as recently as 2 hours ago. An Asian immigrant told 3 of us that we are not even Asian because we were born in America and that he's the real old school Asian. It was one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)Broaden voters' horizons a little; give them a greater appreciation for this world of ours.
Of course, no Republican would be for it - unless of course it'a lobbyist-funded vacation for themselves.
Wanderlust for me, they'd say; but not for thee.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)sandensea
(21,639 posts)Apparently, it's redder than red (Rethugs always win by 40%+) - and with mostly hopeless voters to boot.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142246723#post11
The Democrat running last year looked like a great alternative. But alas...
cstanleytech
(26,298 posts)fictional respectability they hid behind for decades to get elected.
sandensea
(21,639 posts)In a way, we should be grateful for these outbursts - these Kinsley gaffes, as some call them.
When politicians accidentally tell you what they really mean.
blm
(113,065 posts)Missouri Dems need to protest and demand his resignation.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)He doesn't want his kinfolk to come looking for him, does he?
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)He just happened to shout it at a Latino Congressman. His family runs puppy mills, so we know he's a soulless piece of shit on top of being racist.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)All the deplorables around him didnt come clean either despite knowing where it came from.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Sadly, not many people are surprised at their bad behavior anymore.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)inside better...
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)What a dumbass. A mean-spirited, middle-school dumbass.
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Onyrleft
(344 posts).
fuck
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Onyrleft
(344 posts)underpants
(182,830 posts)Ill fitting too.
raccoon
(31,111 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)IndianaDave
(612 posts)Your Klan garments have been cleaned and pressed, and are waiting for you in the Republican Pick-Up area.
Mickju
(1,803 posts)...to which they will not sink. (Of course, I'm talking about Republicans.)
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)What will we do to ... stop ... them?