Posted on 03/31/2018 1:07:45 AM PDT by John Semmens
The US Census Bureau's plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census spurred an outpouring of deranged rhetoric from assorted Democrats and their allies.
Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, incorrectly portrayed the plan as an attempt to "only count citizens" and contended it is a "voter suppression" strategy. "Combined with the Republican insistence that voters show IDs before they can cast a ballot, the citizenship question strikes at the very heart of the democratic ideal that every person—citizen or not—have a say in who rules over him."
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman vowed to lead a multi-state lawsuit aimed at stopping the added question. "Why does the federal government need to know who is or isn't a citizen?" he asked. "Since a person doesn't have to be a citizen to get a driver's license, to get medical care, to go to school, or receive welfare benefits the answer to such a question serves no legitimate public purpose."
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra called the question "an attack on our state's right to grant sanctuary to those in the country without permission. Once word gets around that citizenship will be questioned the undocumented immigrants will avoid census takers and not be counted. The state and the urban areas where most of the immigrants live will get fewer congressional districts and Democrats will lose votes in the House of Representatives. This both illegal and unconstitutional."
In related news, Utah senatorial candidate Mitt Romney kicked off his campaign with the assertion that he is tougher on immigration than President Trump. "Trump is totally focused on keeping illegal immigrants out," Romney observed. "Well, we can't win if we only play defense. If elected I will push for legislation to award grants for Americans to illegally enter Mexico and create the same kind of mayhem there that many of those who've illegally crossed into the US have caused here."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/237542-2018-03-31-semi-news-semi-satire-april-1-2018-edition.htm
ping
“...every person—citizen or not—have a say in who rules over him...”
How does a non-citizen do that, legally?
Whatever it takes to get Democrats back in power.
An invasion of 1500 Central Americans is on the horizon, all seeking asylum, heading toward electoral college states......all voting Democrat
Did Bill Clinton have the same question on the census when he was in office???
Having statistics on citizens by age in a given voting district, would make it possible to see that there were more votes than citizens of voting age. And that revelation would undermine the US faster than a Russian ad for Jill Stein on Facebook...
We are not in need of any rootin’ tootin’ badges.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.