Posted on 04/16/2015 7:48:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supports driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. A lack of consistency on the issue contributed to her campaign’s downfall in 2008.
“Hillary supports state policies to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants,” a Clinton spokesperson told The Huffington Post. During her last presidential campaign, the former senator from New York was not so clear.
In a 2007 Democratic presidential primary debate, the late Tim Russert asked Clinton if she supported then-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s (D) proposal to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in the Empire State.This was her ultimate response:
You know, Tim, this is where everybody plays ‘gotcha.’ It makes a lot of sense. What is the governor supposed to do? He is dealing with a serious problems. We have failed. And George Bush has failed.
Do I think this is the best thing for any governor to do? No. But do I understand the sense of real desperation, trying to get a handle on this?
Remember, in New York, we want to know who’s in New York. We want people to come out of the shadows. He’s making an honest effort to do it. We should have passed immigration reform.
Clinton later supported Spitzer’s decision to withdraw the proposal and said she would not support such a measure as president, The New York Times reported at the time.
“As president, I will not support driver’s licenses for undocumented people and will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration, including border security and fixing our broken system,” Clinton said in a statement.
Former Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, who could be one of the biggest hurdles Clinton may have to overcome in this election cycle during the Democratic primary, has long been a proponent of issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. As reporter Daniel Halper noted, “It would appear the front-running Democratic candidate is doing her best to adopt the positions of her chief rival.”
My home, maybe?
Don't give her any ideas.
How much longer can the United States exist when it is reduced to a cluster of colonies battling over control of power. Non-violent at this point, but eventually, one of those colonies is going to believe their plight justifies belligerence.
That's the least of her problems. To me, they're Benghazi, emails, helicopter rides, Ron Brown, Vince Foster, Whitewater, and professing she's broke while owning an $11 million estate. I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her. In fact, I don't think I could lift her off the ground.
She lost because she wasn’t black and smooth talking.
There is one individual within one of those colonies who believes that already.
What a filthy creature she is.
Here’s a new slogan: Hit Bottom With Hillary in 2016
I want an illegal driving her in her van .. shouldnt be an issue, right?
Keep it up woman . You are circling the toilet bowl. You better get that server out here or you will be indicted in 24 months for destruction of government documents and tried.
Hillary supports state policies to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants,”
But I thought the illegal immigrant problem was a federal issue...she said...
Good one! She’s definitely one evil, wicked witch.
She would rival Obama.
It is a big voting block now.
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