Posted on 02/28/2016 10:10:03 AM PST by John Semmens
Eyeing the Latino vote, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sought to distinguish herself from both fellow Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and GOP front-runner Donald Trump by taking a pro-illegal immigrant stance.
"To those swayed by Trump's plan to build a wall to keep Mexicans from coming to America I would like to know 'who will clean our homes and mow our lawns?'" she asked. "These are the jobs that Trump and Sanders want to reserve for Americans. But do Americans really want these jobs, even at $15 an hour?"
Clinton professed to "understand the GOP's racist desire to block these future Democratic voters, but what can Sanders be thinking? Is the short-run preservation of menial jobs for Americans who don't want them worth delaying the day when Democrats, bolstered by the votes of millions more Latinos, can monopolize political power at the local, state, and national levels? Those of us who believe in progressive values need to take the long view, as President Obama has, and do everything we can to ensure the Party's permanent ascendancy"
"As president, not only will I bar the construction of any more walls, but until those that exist are torn down I will build ladders and ship them to Mexico so migrants can more easily and safely enter the United States," she announced. "This will enable us to complete the transformation of America that President Obama has initiated."
In related news, Sanders brushed aside fears that socialism in America could lead down the same destructive path it has in Venezuela, where shortages of toilet paper now plague that nation. "Look, for most of human history people have gotten along without toilet paper, clean clothes, and adequate food," he pointed out. "We are tough enough to survive without luxuries like toilet paper. Its absence from the sewage system will clear the pipes and lessen the burden on the environment. I'd call shortages of such unneeded luxuries more of a feature, than a flaw, of socialism."
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http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=196502.0
She finally got it right. Americans would rather go on welfare tha work for $15 an hour. That’s the problem
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