Posted on 08/05/2025 12:27:13 PM PDT by Red Badger
A Democrat congresswoman faced immense criticism for saying she’s a “proud Guatemalan” before she’s an American.
“Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez at a summit in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience while speaking in Spanish: ‘I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,'” The Blaze wrote.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared the footage, adding a quote from Theodore Roosevelt.
“There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism...Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.”
- Theodore Roosevelt https://t.co/Jki0zCAiHG— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 4, 2025
Fox News shared additional background info:
Several House Democrats, including members of the “Squad,” criticized the United States over the weekend at a conference in Mexico City that questioned U.S. influence and policies, with one lawmaker saying she was prouder to be Guatemalan than American.
The second annual Panamerican Congress brought leftist officials from all over North and South America. Those in attendance included Democratic lawmakers: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesús Gilberto García and Delia Ramirez of Illinois.
All are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
During her remarks at the opening of the event, Ramirez spoke about the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown and her own ancestry.
“I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,” she declared in Spanish. The congresswoman also accused the U.S. of prioritizing “imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.”
On her website, Ramirez, the child of immigrant parents, said her husband is in the country illegally and that she is the only congressional lawmaker “in a mixed-status marriage, and fights for the rights of DREAMers like her husband, Boris, and for comprehensive immigration reform.”
Republican lawmakers condemned Ramirez’s remarks, with one representative calling for her deportation.
“Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie,” Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) said.
“Rep. Delia Ramirez says she’s a proud Guatemalan before she’s an American. Imagine saying that while serving in the U.S. Congress. The Democrat Party no longer even pretends to put America first. Embarrassing,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) commented.
Ramirez gave a lengthy statement in response to the criticism.
“Let’s call it what it is: today’s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government. It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress —who betray their oath each day they enable Trump— are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” Ramirez said.
“No one questions when my white colleagues identify as Irish-American, Italian-American, or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestry. I’ve consistently expressed pride in my heritage and history – a pride also often reflected in the origin stories of my colleagues. Only those who believe America should not include the children of immigrants or be diverse would attack me – and Americans like me – for honoring my roots,” she continued.
“Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them,” Ramirez said on social media.
“Anyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is,” she added.
AMEN. And deport those Somali “representatives” and that Ugandan commie. They aren’t Americans, don’t represent Americans, and hate America.
Logan Act:
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
She didn’t say she had Guatemalan ancestry. She said she was a proud Guatemalan.
Is she a US citizen, or not? If she’s saying she is currently a Guatemalan she is saying she is not even eligible to be a Congresswoman. She’s not saying she’s from Guatemala or has Guatemalan blood or heritage. She is calling herself a Guatemalan in the present tense.
Then she has to get out!
Just go!
You’re using this country? Get out!
You’re something else? Get out!
Do it!!!
If her husband is in the country illegally, at least he should be deported.
Sadly she was born in Chicago and thus a USA citizen.
While I’d love to deport all anchor babies, those born prior to Trumps change in the regulation are grandfathered in.
Works for me.
She has renounced her citizenship in stating her first loyalty. Deport her. Now.
Trump could easily denaturalize her if she isn’t a loyal American.
If she’s a US citizen then she shouldn’t be calling herself a Guatemalan. She can say she is Guatemalan but if she is “a” Guatemalan that is something different.
My sister-in-law’s husband is Latvian; his mother was from Latvia. But he is not A Latvian. He is an American. An American who is Latvian.
For her to say that she is prouder of being Guatemalan than of being American raises the issue of where her loyalty really lies. If the US was being invaded by a German army and I was a congress-critter and said I was a German first and American second, people would rightfully have concerns.
She says her husband is here illegally. She better be careful lest she be charged with suborning a bunch of illegal stuff. And he should be deported.
RIGHT Now.
Call Congress——If you know who your representative is, use their online contact form. Clerk of the House maintains addresses and phone numbers of all House members and Committees Or you may call (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator.
MESSAGE: She has renounced her citizenship and violates US laws by stating her first loyalty is to Guatemala. Deport her. Now. Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience.....she spoke in Spanish: ‘I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.’” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared the footage, adding a quote from Theodore Roosevelt.
“There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism...Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” - Theodore Roosevelt https://t.co/Jki0zCAiHG
In a foreign country, several House Democrats, including members of the “Squad,” criticized the US and questioned U.S. influence and policies, as Cong Ramirez piped up with with “she was prouder to be Guatemalan than an American.”
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I’m starting to think that ALL representative office holders MUST be at least 2nd generation Americans, born in the United States of America.
That is EXACTLY what I wrote yesterday about this miserable anti-American POS. Go, Rep. Ogles!! She violated her oath of office in at least two ways. She is an "enemy, foreign AND domestic." Get her out of Congress; get her out of USA.
bttt
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“ Trump could easily denaturalize her if she isn’t a loyal American”
If this was the case, don’t you think the democrats would have done it all the time to people they didn’t like?
The U.S. government cannot denaturalize a citizen born in the United States. Citizenship is irrevocable except in extremely rare cases involving voluntary renunciation or service in foreign military against the interests of the USA.
Denaturalization primarily applies to naturalized citizens (those who gained citizenship through immigration processes) and only under specific circumstances, such as fraud or misrepresentation during the naturalization process.
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