TANCREDO WILL SEEK TO ABOLISH RACE CAUCUSES

The Hill ^ | Oct. 01, 2003 | Betsy Rothstein

[madfly]

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The Hill
http://www.thehill.com/news/100703/tancredo.aspx

Oct. 7, 2003

Tancredo rejects bid from Asian caucus

Betsy Rothstein

The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus has invited Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) to join its 118-member caucus after he revealed plans last week to press Congress to abolish race-based caucuses.

Tancredo has no intention of accepting.

Exploding with laughter, he said: “I didn’t even know there was an Asian Pacific Caucus … So I’ll have to give it some thought.”

Members of the Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced this reaction.

“Congressman Tancredo should do some minimal research before he goes around threatening to abolish a long-standing organization of 118 members of Congress,” said Cameron Johnson, spokesman for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus who is an aide to Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.), the caucus chairman.

But Tancredo has no remorse for his call last week. He said many Republican colleagues have approached him and secretly said, “ ‘You’re so right, but I can’t support you.’”

“That has happened more times than I can track it,” Tancredo added.

His spokesman, Carlos Espinosa, said his boss has been receiving widespread support in his district for his call to abolish race-based caucuses.

Yesterday morning, for example, Espinosa received a phone call from a male constituent from Littleton, Colo. who congratulated Tancredo and wanted to know how he could contribute more money, adding, “’Hey, have I maxed out on my donations yet?’”

Espinosa said his boss’ lack of interest in the Asian Pacific American Caucus is “ not a racial thing. First of all, our district doesn’t have many Asians and we don’t deal with the Pacific Coast at all. Why he would bother himself with that is just irrelevant really.”

Last week Tancredo wrote a letter to House Administration Chairman Bob Ney (R-Ohio), raising his concerns about race-based caucuses. Ney, who has said he does not support Tancredo’s cause, has not responded.

[madfly]

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[isthisnickcool]

He does not want to split people up but the people that complain about people being split up are against his idea?

[dead]

I love the word "insensitive"! The leftists always drag it out when they bring nothing intellectually concrete to the table.

It's like "fairness" and "hateful".

When you hear those words, you've won the argument. Doesn't mean you'll get your way, necessarily, but you've won the argument.

[madfly]

lol, go figure!

Tom Tancredo, Statesman

[Roughneck]

But Tancredo has no remorse for his call last week. He said many Republican colleagues have approached him and secretly said, “ ‘You’re so right, but I can’t support you.’”

I'd like to know just WHO those collegues were! ARe they elected officials who have ASKED what their constituents think?

Tancredo is absolutely right. We should let him know he is by writing our local reps, senators and governors.

[Tailgunner Joe]

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[reelfoot]

TANCREDO BUMP!

[Sir Gawain]

Hastings spokesman Fred Turner said his boss felt that “if black people want to come together on Wednesday to have lunch, they should be able to do that. If [Tancredo] doesn’t like the Black Caucus, I guess that’s his concern. Is it skin color?”

Race card played. Hand lost.

[moehoward]

Tancredo! Makes me want to move to his district.

[Tacis]

The evil Republicans have, for too long, forced all the black members of Congress into a racially segregated group where they seem to do little more than pimp for one another and lie for Willie instead of being allowed to conduct the peoples' business. The fully segregated, racially limited black Caucus is a pure throw back to Jim Crow. They must be given their freedom and allowed to join the mainstream. No more offices marked "Colored Only" in our Congress!

[Looking for Diogenes]

"It would be anathema to me if someone wanted to create a white caucus," says Tancredo. Although Tancredo, chairman of the 66-member Immigration Reform Caucus, ....

How many non-whites are on the Immigration Reform Caucus? Zero.

[Digger]

This man should run for president. Put him in the primaries & watch how he scores.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Can you imagine an announcement of the forming of a White Congressional Caucus?

Hypocrites.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - Go man

[Missouri]

“First of all, it’s hard to believe that a member of the United States House of Representatives can be that insensitive to diversity

I wonder how much diversity is in the Black Caucus? Maybe I ought to write my congressman, Lacy Clay and find out since he belongs to it.

Good to hear from you madfly.

[Missouri]

Immigration ping.

[ForOurFuture]

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