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Ted Cruz: 'I don't think I've ever seen an Hispanic panhandler'
Business Insider ^ | April 29, 2015 | Colin Campbell

Posted on 04/29/2015 1:34:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Presidential candidate and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Wednesday that he has never seen a Hispanic person begging for money on the street.

"I don't think I've ever seen an Hispanic panhandler. And the reason is: In our community it would be shameful to be begging on the street," Cruz said.

Cruz, who is of Cuban descent, made the point while speaking in Washington at a question-and-answer session with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

He used the example to argue the Republican Party should be able to compete for the Latino vote. Hispanics, Cruz said, share many of the same values that are championed by GOP leaders....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; beggars; begging; hispanics; tedcruz
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I haven't either. Have you?
1 posted on 04/29/2015 1:34:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I”ve never seen a Greek panhandler either for that matter.


2 posted on 04/29/2015 1:35:48 PM PDT by nikos1121 ("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have. Was panhandled by a Hispanic yesterday.


3 posted on 04/29/2015 1:36:07 PM PDT by A message
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s an old Brazilian man who occasionally hangs out and begs in front of a local Shell station/convenience store.

Haven’t seen him in a number of months, but he always creeped me out.


4 posted on 04/29/2015 1:36:38 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have in Mexico.


5 posted on 04/29/2015 1:36:42 PM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder if he spends any time outside the Home Depot?


6 posted on 04/29/2015 1:36:49 PM PDT by HiJinx (I can see Mexico from my back porch...soon, so will you!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess that means we can let them all stay?


7 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:02 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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I had one come to my front door and ask for money to bury his grandmother.
8 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:13 PM PDT by donna (I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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Here in New York City, most are black or white.


9 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:20 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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A lot of Hispanics are motivated enough to get on welfare.


10 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:26 PM PDT by Parmenio
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I suppose the exception proves the rule. I live in a very Hispanic area, so I would have noticed them.


11 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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I have. In fact, it’s becoming a common occurance for this particular young latino family to stand in the parking lot or near the entrance with a sign in english and spanish ‘Please Help Us”.


12 posted on 04/29/2015 1:37:35 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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I have.

That was a really stupid thing for Cruz to say.
It will hurt his campaign.


13 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:05 PM PDT by repentant_pundit (Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten kid.)
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never had a Mexican beg for money on staten island. they work day and night but get drunk bad. but of course I wouldn’t see the gang members because they are in bad neighborhoods. I know that 100,000 crimes by illegals committed in Texas alone?
they work so hard so many but they are still illegal!!! but the legal ones like indians are smug and take high paying jobs from Americans for less. I am confused on the issue lol


14 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not without offering something in exchange for money.


15 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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I have where I live. Plenty of them on the corners with signs that read: 6 children please help. (I will say it is usually women)


16 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:15 PM PDT by momtothree
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Thats not panhandling. Thats hanging out waiting to get a paying job. You don’t see a difference?


17 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:42 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: HiJinx

The ones at Home Depot, Lowes and similar are seeking work. Is that “panhandling” in your mind?


18 posted on 04/29/2015 1:38:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Maybe Cruz has decided to agree with Jeb Bush’s estimate about Mexican illegals and Americans: the illegals are superior in every way.


19 posted on 04/29/2015 1:39:18 PM PDT by odawg
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I think they do a pretty dam good job getting the money and services from .Gov!
20 posted on 04/29/2015 1:39:23 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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