Posted on 09/05/2025 3:04:32 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., sparked a social media firestorm on Thursday for saying she does not "give a sh--" whether people in her district can vote for her in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
During a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Ansari was asked about her use of the term "constituents" while criticizing the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
"So, I didn’t realize this was such a controversy until the right-wing media started attacking me for using the word, so I Googled the word constituent. The definition of constituent is somebody who is part of a community, doesn’t matter what their legal status is," Ansari said.
"If somebody is an asylum seeker, if somebody has a green card, if somebody is a U.S. citizen, if somebody lives in the community, I represent them," she added, responding to a question from a Daily Caller News Foundation reporter. "Constituent does not mean voter. I don’t care if none of these individuals can vote for me. I don’t give a sh--. I care about making sure that the United States government with our taxpayer dollars, is treating people with dignity and respect."
The comments triggered some backlash on X, including from one of her Republican colleagues.
"A Member of Congress who brags she had to ‘Google’ the word constituent has no business writing laws," Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., posted. "Constituents are hardworking American citizens, the people who elect you. Not illegal aliens. Not asylum shoppers. When you say ‘I don’t care if they can’t vote for me’" you admit it. You don’t represent Americans, you represent everyone but them."
Ansari fired back at his post directly, saying his "selective hearing is showing" and that he missed the purpose of her remarks, which focused on alleged mistreatment at...
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Yassamin didn't know.
Constituent (noun):
“a person who authorizes another to act on their behalf, such as a voter in a district represented by an elected official.”
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/constituent
Take a close look at her mortgage application(s).
She is another traitor on the list.
Arizona has started electing Camel jockeys? Geez. I’m glad I left.
I don’t think any representative government anywhere is going to withstand the weight of ignorance that is falling now like a blizzard upon its roof.
Ansari was born in Seattle, Washington, to parents who immigrated to the United States from Iran.
She interned for Nazi Piglosi.
To the Democrats every Illegal Alien is a potential citizen in the making and a member of the Democratic-Progressive Peoples Party. They are to replace the blacks who are starting to wise up.
She learned her Nazi Democrat ways at the knee of Piglosi.
“Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., sparked a social media firestorm on Thursday for saying she does not “give a sh—” whether people in her district can vote for her in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.”
No surprise there from someone named Yassamin Ansari.
The child of immigrants from Iran.
Why would anyone hold it against Yassamin for pointing out that the illegals that voted for her were her constituents?
Another case for repealing the 19th.
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