Posted on 04/20/2011 7:02:25 AM PDT by Qbert
Fresh off her veto of her state’s “birther” bill, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says that the White House gave her a “snub” by leaving her off the guest list for a meeting about immigration reform.
“I wish I would have been invited,” the Republican said Tuesday night on Fox News. “You would have thought one of the governors would have been invited, since we are on the front lines fighting for security there. It was a little bit of a snub, if you will.” More broadly, she said, the meeting illustrated a disconnect between President Barack Obama’s immigration policy goals and the reality on the ground in border states.
Obama sat down Tuesday with a group that included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Rev. Al Sharpton, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.). The guest list didn’t include any current governors or members of Congress, though it did include some business leaders, including the COO of Facebook and former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), who now works for JPMorgan Chase.
The list of attendees leaned toward those who would support the Obama administration’s approach to immigration. The meeting itself has been framed as an effort to show Obama supporters that he is trying to make progress on the issue even if it’s doomed to stall in Congress.
Brewer, meanwhile, has been a foe of the administration’s immigration policy. The Justice Department filed suit against Arizona to stop the state’s controversial illegal immigration law Brewer championed — which requires all immigrants to carry documentation and allows police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants without a warrant, among other provisions — from being enforced. Brewer filed a countersuit earlier this year in response, saying the federal government has failed to protect her state from an “invasion” by illegal immigrants. Last week, a court refused to lift a stay on the law, and the Justice Department responded by asking a judge to dismiss the countersuit, The Associated Press reported early Wednesday.
Brewer characterized the White House meeting as a gathering of people who might support Obama’s vision of “comprehensive immigration reform,” including a pathway to citizenship and the passage of the DREAM Act, while her focus is on border security. “It has nothing to do with what we really need to have done, and that is to get our borders secured.”
“Our citizens need to feel secure in their homes. It just continues to grow with the issue of people coming across our borders illegally, the drug cartels,” she said.
That view was missing from the White House meeting, Brewer said. “I think I could have added insight to the situation that Arizona certainly is facing,” she said. “I’m a little bit offended. I think that I put my name out there. I put my career out there. I’ve been fighting hard for the people of Arizona in regards to this. I believe I’ve been relentless. And I think I have a lot to offer. I’m going to speak for the people.”
“If we could sit down and discuss these things, we could get the solutions, maybe we could get something implemented. And it is what I told him when I visited with him,” she said, referring to a meeting she had with Obama months ago. “I’m not interested in a lot of solutions until we get our borders secured. It’s simple. And not having been invited today was truly a snub. It was a snub.”
Jan should be proud to be snubbed by the Communists in the White House.
Arizona is not one of the 57 states... and it’s not on the border.
Jan, do you really think Obama gives a **** what you think? You assured he won’t have to produce his BC in AZ so he doesn’t need you now.
Jan Brewer is dumber than a sack of rocks. Being included on the stakeholder list for that meeting means you support an amnesty. Maybe Brewer does since she supported McCain.
Dumb broad. She had her chance. When dealing with islamists, backing down from anything is a sign of weakness. Her veto of the birth bill was the same as surrendering.
Stakeholders expected to attend the meeting include:
Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals
Hon. Michael Bloomberg, City of New York
Bill Bratton, Former Police Chief, City of Los Angeles and City of New York
Hon. Julian Castro, Mayor, City of San Antonio
Secretary Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary Homeland Security
Governor John Engler, President and CEO, Business Roundtable
Hon. Eric Garcetti, City Council, President City of Los Angeles
Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Former Secretary of Commerce
Raymond Kelly, Commissioner, New York City Police Department
Senator Mel Martinez, Former United States Senator/Chairman, Florida, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean JP Morgan Chase
Greg Page, Chairman & CEO, Cargill
Secretary Federico Pena, Former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy
John Podesta, CEO, Center for American Progress
Charles Ramsey, Chief of Police, City of Philadelphia/President, Major City Chiefs
Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network
Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Former California Governor
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
John C. Wester, Bishop, Archdiocese of Salt Lake City
she should not have been invited because her state is a involed in a couple of lawsuits concerning the issue.
First she vetoes a Republican bill that would have given Obama a kick in the butt.
Now she is crying about not getting an invite to the White House?
What an idiot. No one likes her. Not Republican nor Democrats.
Yep I say again Arizona ya sure know how to pick ‘em:
1. A carpetbagging POS failed US Navy Aviator for US Senator(McPain) AND
2. A blonde carpetbagger (she’s from CALIFORNIA) as your Gov.
You simply do not challenge or disagree with this king, ever.
In the end “Triangulation” just leaves everybody pissed off.
All the open borders crowd. Farce in the worst degree.
Sure liked the combative Brewer more, you might consider being that way again Governor.
Actually, I think Brewer's doing a public service here. Look at the guest list to this "immigration talk." There's plenty of campaign money invited, but nobody with a serious stake.
Folks who really want to take Obama to task on the topic, should start there.
Look at my post #8 and see who was invited. This is a strategy meeting about how to get an amnesty prior to 2012 or at least make it a major issue during the campaign. All of the invitees are amnesty supporters and favor more foreign workers.
Ain’t no big deal Jan......all’s it will amount to is how to get a bunch of illegals legal enough to vote Demonrat in 2012 then the game will go on after that. Oops, I think illegals have voted before......let me correct that....make THOUSANDS more illegals legal enough to vote Demonrat.
“Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says that the White House gave her a “snub” by leaving her off the guest list for a meeting about immigration reform”
I guess your cowardly veto of the citizenship proof bill wasn’t enough, Jan. More penance will be required to get back in the good favor of the False Messiah.
Last time she was "combative," she signed a bad law and got her ass handed to her in court.
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