CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS TARGET TRUMP, CRUZ WITH ‘DIVESTMENT’ BILL

Breitbart ^ | 10 Jul 2015 | ADELLE NAZARIAN

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A group of California’s top Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill targeting 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) after Trump made controversial comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico, and Cruz defended him.

The resolution notes, in part:

Resolved, That the Senate condemns in the strongest terms possible the racist rhetoric against immigrant families made by Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX); and be it further

Resolved, That the Senate condemns in the strongest terms possible the racist rhetoric against immigrant families made by Presidential candidate Donald Trump; and be it further

Resolved, That the Senate calls upon the State of California to divest from Donald Trump, The Trump Organization, and any affiliated entities; and be it further

Resolved, That the Senate calls upon private businesses and individuals throughout California to end all business ties with Donald Trump, The Trump Organization, and any affiliated entities; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

“The state of California will not stand for this type of racist rhetoric and racist behavior. Today we stand and call upon the state of California to dump Trump!” Sen. Isadore Hall III (D-Compton), who co-authored the resolution (SR 39), said outside of the Senate chambers, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Echoing Sen. Hall’s sentiment, Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León reportedly said Trump’s “vitriolic language denigrates the experiences of my family.” De León was born to an immigrant mother and is a staunch supporter of immigration reform. He was one of the major Democratic voices behind the introduction of a package of ten bills on immigration reform designed to expand benefits granted to illegal aliens in California.

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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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[SkyDancer]

They’ll do anything, say any lie to rebuke.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You can’t buy this kind of publicity.

[kingu]

Guess they decided this was better than simply turning off the mikes of Republicans.

[miss marmelstein]

Our state senates and our congress have gone totally crazy. What’s in our water? The only normal people I run into are on FR!

[Norm Lenhart]

Someone tell me America does not need to be split into two countries. Go ahead.

[SoConPubbie]

You can’t buy this kind of publicity.

No you can not!

They tried ignoring Cruz for about 4 weeks and when that didn't work, they fell back to attacking everything they could about him.

[BRK]

Is this not a “Bill of Attainder”?

[marron]

So, Sacramento Democrats don’t like Cruz, and they don’t like Trump...!

What a shock.

That, for me, is like a letter of recommendation of the highest order for both men. If you are known by your enemies, they have the right enemies.

[SpaceBar]

Rumor has it that Kim Jong Un will be next to denounce Trump.

[Blue Turtle]

Talk about changing the meaning of ‘words’. We ALL know he didn’t mean ALL Mexicans and we all know Trump is not a racist person. Have we fallen this far?? Maybe Dennis Miller was right, we have crossed the point of no return.

[austinaero]

“You can’t buy this kind of publicity.”

Exactly. Pefecto!

[dowcaet]

Can’t be the water in California because they don’t have any, lol... Illegal immigration is sinking that state into an economic quagmire but they want to condemn Trump and Cruz. Incredible.

[whinecountry]

These are the same people who are enabling rapes, murders, DUI auto deaths, child molestation, etc. via their support for criminal alien “sanctuarys.” But being leftists, irony is a foreign concept.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Palin treatment (which, truth be told, didn't always hurt her) isn't working at all on Ted Cruz. What to do, what to do?

[miss marmelstein]

Is that murdered woman even buried before they’re crying racism? Honestly, this country is insane.

[bkepley]

Pretty outrageous but then again look at Britain and Canada. How long before the SC starts letting this kind of violation of free speech to be the law of the land?

[showme_the_Glory]

Trump and Cruz are pizzing off all the right people. Who are the other candidates again?