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Bill Clinton talking about immigration in the 1995 State of the Union (C-SPAN video)
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Posted on 08/23/2016 10:02:36 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

"All Americans, not only in the States most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.

That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.

In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.

We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it."


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1995; aliens; billclinton; immigration
Sounds eerily similar to Trump's speeches on the same topic. But no one accused BillyJeff of racism, of course.
1 posted on 08/23/2016 10:02:36 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

It’s because Clinton is a good Democrat.

A Democrat can have the same statement, or same opinion, or same policy, as a Republican. But the Democrat in such cases will not be called racist/sexist/bigoted or any of that. The Democrat is perceived by the media to have pure motives. So the Democrat gets a pass on having any policies which are less than liberal.

The Republican, on the other hand, will be lambasted as racist/sexist/bigoted. That’s how it works.


2 posted on 08/23/2016 10:35:04 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Mr. Mojo

Clinton was just giving lip service because he was trying to in reelection. That demanded a move more towards the middle.


3 posted on 08/23/2016 10:41:11 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Mr. Mojo

bttt


4 posted on 08/24/2016 1:28:40 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good find; thanks for posting. Am sending to my Democrat friends and relatives who claim Trump is just a heartless ba$tard with regard to his immigration policy.


5 posted on 08/24/2016 1:56:51 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Wow! What a Trump ad this would make! Or an addition to his speeches. Then tell the crowd who said it.

6 posted on 08/24/2016 3:25:47 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: Right Wing Assault; Lumper20; HarleyLady27; Liz; unkus; flat; ZULU; Doogle; NFHale; MamaDearest; ...

Let’s hope this gets to the Trump campaign staff and Drudge!


7 posted on 08/24/2016 6:41:50 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Betcha Trump already has the ad...starring Billybooboo.


8 posted on 08/24/2016 6:59:08 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead; All
Here's a direct link:

https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4351026

9 posted on 08/24/2016 7:19:23 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: Mr. Mojo; All

Don’t forget Hillary!

Hillary: “I am adamantly against illegal immigrants. People have to Stop employing illegals”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxASD4jHgCk


10 posted on 08/24/2016 7:21:08 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Liz; All

Oops.

https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4351026


11 posted on 08/24/2016 7:21:31 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Bump


12 posted on 08/25/2016 5:15:10 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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