Posted on 11/18/2015 5:39:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Elizabeth Warren, Barack Obama, and three governors push back against the rising tide of anti-refugee sentiment.
Since the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, more than half of America's governors have issued statements saying they would bar Syrian refugees from entering their states—despite having no legal authority to do so and disregarding the nation's strict vetting process for refugees. The statements come amid a rising tide of fear and anti-refugee sentiment among the American public: More than half of Americans polled by Bloomberg said the United States should not continue with plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees, while a survey from NBC News published late Wednesday contained similar results. But at least a few American political leaders are pushing back.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton
On Monday, Dayton called statements from his fellow governors who want to bar Syrian refugees "ludicrous":
"I think it's showmanship on the part of the governors...I want to protect the people of Minnesota every bit as much those governors want to protect the people of their states. To stand up there with swagger, and say 'I'm going to prevent the wrong people from entering my state' to me is just ludicrous."
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
Brown took to Twitter on Tuesday to say that Oregon will "open the doors to opportunity" for displaced people....
(Excerpt) Read more at motherjones.com ...
Democrat governors today, lobbyists tomorrow.
You can always count on Mother Jones.
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Kate, call Merkelnd askher take on accepting refugees now that he’ had a little of what they’re all about.
You know,,, the more desperate they seem to get the Syrians here, the more I suspect they are up to something.
So, the kooks at Ma Jones came up with 5 people who support this nutjob refugee plan? Gee, that’s impressive.
Even though Jay Inslee’s name is not visible in the excerpt on the thread, I knew it would be found in the article when I clicked the link.
Kiss them all goodbye. Especially Obama. Out with him.
No kidding. Those people are mentally ill.
Kate, call Merke and ask her what ber take on accepting refugees is now that shes’ had a little taste of what they’re all about.
“strict vetting process”
Right. Obama calls up Assad and says, “We’ve got all these Syrian ‘refugees’ wanting into the U.S., and before we take your regime down entirely with the rebel groups we support against you, could we please take a quick look at your magnificent, non-existent, 3rd world databases so we can at least figure out what the hell are the names of these people and whether any are plants you’re sending to get even with us? Please? Pretty please with sugar on top?”
GMTA.
Of course they are.
It is good that we get these traitors’ names on record.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Inslee, in an interview with NPR on Wednesday, stated that he would not be joining the growing list of governors opposing refugees. Referencing Japanese internment camps, he noted:
“I live on Bainbridge Island, this little island just west of Seattle. And it was the first place where we succumbed to fear, in 1941 after Pearl Harbor…And we locked up Washington and American citizens, and we sent them to camps for years while their sons fought in the Army in Italy and were decorated fighting for democracy…We regret that. We regret that we succumbed to fear. We regret that we lost moorage for who we were as a country. We shouldn’t do that right now.”
My illustrious idiot of a governor. Hey, Jay - how about we put about 5,000 Syrian immigrants on Bainbridge Island where you live? That way, you can show the universe how compassionate, understanding, and loving you are. Oh, but you are a liberal, so you want to be all-loving so that others can do the heavy lifting. You are a wimp of a “man.”
They are used to the media cartel covering up every bit of stupid anti-American BS they come up with, so they are surprised that they are not being lauded for this move.
Of one thing, they are certain: the refugees will not be Republicans.
Their insane, stupid, and ignorant assumption about reality is that “Everybody is the Same, all over the World”.
They really believe that idiocy, or they think that we do.
They’d all better hope there aren’t any terrorist incidents in the near future.
They are working to bring down this country.
These Leftist a-holes all have 24/7 armed protection paid for by us tax drones who are treated like trash by politicians.
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