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Nope, I haven't either.......
Is Cruz planning on bringing in Hispanic panhandlers on H-1b visas? Or was it some other category of alien for which Cruz wanted to increase the numbers five-fold?
I have not.
It’s not like I pay attention though.
I live in Florida - lots of hispanics and I’ve never seen a Hispanic panhandler...
I would like to say he's referring to the legal Hispanic bloc; i.e. those that have fully assimilated into American culture?
Of course, the illegals, just by being here, have already sold-out whatever principles they claimed to have.
They are not on the streets, they are playing the system 5 to a room inside on the dole. EBT, WIC, 15k a year for public education and free medical all while working for cash under the table.
Sorry, Ted, no criminal enabler gets my vote.
Unfortunately, as much as I support Cruz, I have seen hispanic panhandlers.
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No, I’ve never seen any either.
The hispanic illegals came here to work, and they will openly beg for the opportunity to work, but not for gifts.
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I’ve never had a Hispanic, Asian, women ask me for change. Mostly black (racist i know). black and white ask for a cigarette. I don’t smoke.
Been cursed at when i said no.
WE see them all the time at the Walmart near our neighborhood. Cubans are not the norm. They are not like Mexicans and Central Americans.
It was a silly thing to say. Here’s the thing, Sen. Cruz is building a campaign on no nonsense talk, and he’s purposefully saying things to evoke a reaction from certain quarters.
Reactions equal coverage. It’s not a bad strategy. The downside is that some of those comments will be clunkers.
It was well intentioned. The Hispanic community at large has a culture that fits in much better with Republicans than democrats. This is why dems won’t let go of this issue. Future votes are one thing. Keeping Hispanics from voting GOP today is much more important. If the dems lost the Hispanic majority to Republicans, they’d become a regional party. Hence the constant immigration agitprop.
Sen Cruz was trying to speak to that. He let loose a clunker. No big deal.
Ted Cruz Ping! Fact is, 90% of the panhandlers I see are white, lots of times near “Now Hiring” signs.
I can’t recall ever spotting a hispanic panhandler either. They are either white or black. Mostly white, come to think of it.
I lived in Brownsville for a few years, I don’t recall any shortage of Mexican panhandlers. More importantly, the official currency in most stores seemed to be food stamps.
There’s plenty of Mex in Amarillo.
Wow, that's going to offend a certain other group.
However panhandling today looks a lot like an EBT card next to a cell phone sitting in a nice SUV.
Good lord………there’s been mexican beggars in the San Fernando valley for decades. Cruz need to work a different topic for a while.
He needs to quit talking off script. I will wait for the Cruze worshiper to swoop in. Why do people act like politicians are religiouse saviors at times. Fact is this is a stupid comment but a lot less stupid than the others.