Posted on 10/26/2015 11:20:32 AM PDT by John Semmens
Senate Democrats filibustered a vote on a law that would have increased penalties for dangerous illegal immigrants. The measure nick-named "Kate's law" after Kate Steinle—a murder victim of a violent illegal immigrant—was torpedoed when a cloture vote failed to garner the necessary 60 votes.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) condemned the Democrats "for choosing to stand with convicted felons like the murderer of Kate Steinle rather than with the American people."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) characterized the measure as "profoundly undemocratic. The victims of crimes committed by those in the country illegally are a tiny minority that is vastly outnumbered by the undocumented population of this country who are denied the right to vote for who shall govern them. We cannot allow the interests of the lesser number to trump the interests of the greater number."
In related news, Reid vowed to similarly block a GOP effort to impose penalties on so-called "sanctuary cities" that eschew compliance with federal law mandating the deportation of illegal aliens convicted of felonies. "To deny these cities access to federal aid is an attempt to use extortion to induce them to comply with laws with which they disagree," Reid complained. "This is as blatant a tyranny as I have ever seen."
The Senator sought to differentiate this proposed law from a plethora of measures attaching conditions for receiving federal aid, saying that "using financial incentives to prompt states and cities to comply with warranted federal guidelines and preferences is an entirely different thing. If policies and programs are good there is nothing wrong with deploying coercive sanctions to ensure obedience."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,183806.0.html
Wouldn’t voting against this law qualify as a war on women?
Things have gotten so bad that I cannot see the satire!
For satire to be effective it needs an element of truth. In the case, even considering the source I have to wonder if it’s really satire.
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