Posted on 10/25/2012 6:43:59 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN — Asked Wednesday about the Second Amendment, longtime U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa fumbled for an answer.
“There are so many people in Washington who come and talk to us about the Constitution and the rights that they want kept sacred and that not do anything about them. (sic) That we not change them. That we not amend them,” said Hinojosa. “And I can tell you that — I’m drawing a blank on the Second Amendment, but I think it’s the weapons, isn’t it? The NRA?”
Hinojosa recovered after a brief pause, recalling how the 1999 Columbine High School massacre convinced him America needs stronger background checks at weekend gun shows and that he supports more restrictive gun laws.
“And especially those machine guns. Why in the hell do we have to have machine guns? And don’t touch that, because NRA will come and put you on the black list,” Hinojosa said. “Well, I didn’t go up there to be Mr. Popular. I went up there to do the right thing. To help our community. To protect them.”
Hinojosa spoke Wednesday at a political debate hosted by the McAllen Rotary Club, which drew about 50 people to the Salvation Army building, 1600 N. 23rd St. The 72-year-old Democrat from Mercedes is running for a ninth term against Republican challenger Dale Brueggemann, a businessman from Seguin.
The roughly 45-minute debate touched on everything from education to the national debt. Afterward, though, discussion focused on Hinojosa’s comments, which initially suggested he wasn’t familiar with the Second Amendment.
“That was scary, on the part of Rubén, when he was having trouble remembering what the Second Amendment was,” said Peter P. Pranis Jr., a 70-year-old retiree. After Hinojosa’s comments, Pranis said he passed a note to someone sitting nearby, questioning the representative’s mental acuity.
The gaffe also surprised Brueggemann, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association who holds a concealed handgun license.
“I’m a little surprised he didn’t know it right off,” Brueggemann said after the debate.
Hinojosa called Brueggemann’s response “just political rhetoric.”
The moderator switched topics and Hinojosa said he wanted to continue the earlier discussion.
“I just wasn't prepared,” Hinojosa said. “He started talking about a totally different question.”
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Hinojosa got a D.
Yes, the dumbing down of America reaches to Congress, too. Constitution? What’s the Constitution to this ‘rat?
A nice way of saying:
Is this guy a dumbass, or what?
Whatever your political affiliation, this idiotic statement should start a parade of red flags to folks who realize no one should be forced into being a victim of murder.
Just more ratthink from another ignorant rat.
This guy is a US Representative and he didn’t know the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution???????????????
WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because THE GOVERNMENT has them..........
I await the merry band of FR gaffe-pursuers, those relentlessly condemn as stupid any Republican that the stalinist media attack ...
Surely they will chortle with glee as they pour out their bile and vitriol on this moron.
Right?
Hmmmm????
“Asked Wednesday about the Second Amendment, longtime U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa fumbled for an answer.
“There are so many people in Washington who come and talk to us about the Constitution and the rights that they want kept sacred and that not do anything about them. (sic) That we not change them. That we not amend them,” said Hinojosa. “And I can tell you that — I’m drawing a blank on the Second Amendment, but I think it’s the weapons, isn’t it? The NRA?”
Good gosh...
We have probably got he stupidest people in Congress in the history of this country.
Well, If “The House of Representatives” is SUPPOSED to be the direcr representation of the population of the nation, what does that say about the folks that voted for representatives, such as this one?
There are moments, when ‘the dark side’ whispers, that a possibility of giving those voters responsible for these well-educated representatives their seats, a third nasal cavity, sounds inviting.
But, my retort to self is: “They are Americans, too.”
The wailing and whining invaders' propaganda-----"just here for a better life, to do jobs Americanos won't do"---really "gets" bleeding heart sap-happy liberals.....and vote-crazed US politicians.
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The latino criminal underworld on US soil has more criminal enterprises than you can shake a stick at.
<><>ICE's "documents and benefits fraud taskforce" found a common practice among "impoverished" illegals is to buy several faked identities for several thousand dollars each----the illegal then votes and rides the US gravy train under several names.
<><> Jose Madrigal---the Washington staterapist---had some 30 identities. And probably voted and collected US benefits under every single identity.
<><>June 26, 2010 An illegal using multiple identities was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay back $3 million in fraudulently obtained unemploymet compensation. Manuel Mejia Ordonez, got eight years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud........and identity theft.
<><> Hilderberto Salinas sold state drivers' licenses issued out of the state’s Motor Vehicle Agency in NJ to illegals with multiple identities who did not have the necessary id's....among 40 people who participated in the widespread ring. "Impoverished" illegals paid $2,500 to $7,000 apiece for the licenses---which allows them to vote.
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Is this pinhead (gag) Congressman using US gvt authority and tax dollars to foment hatreed againt America and Americans?
AN EXAMINATION OF LA RAZA STUDIES---SCHOOL CURRICULUM: These shocking quotes are taken directly from A LA Raza textbook "Occupied America" (pg. 167): “Supporters would execute all white males over age 16,” (also known as the Plan of San Diego). LA Raza school textbook chapter from “Occupied America,” by Rodolfo Acuña, includes a speech given by university professor Jose Angel Gutierrez: “We have got to eliminate the gringo, and if worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him,” (pg. 323).
La Raza books also talk about the need for the govt of Mexico to re-take seven states in SW United States. so that the Southwest USA would become a Chicano nation. And judging by Ramos' activities---La Raza is establishing a beachhead in NJ.
YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS In 2005 alone, $7.9 million in taxpayer funding was given to "La Raza charter schools" via the US Dept of Education grants. These charter schools stress Latino culture, the Spanish language, the re-conquest of the American Southwest, the establishment of the mythical Atzlan on US soil, and even Aztec math.
In addition to using taxpayer funds to enforce the teaching of murdering Americans and latino violence, the federally-funded La Raza organization operates 100 charter schools across America.
"You helping La Raza finance charter schools in America, Congressman?"
South Texasa ping!
Uh.
Hinojosa got an F from NumbersUSA.
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