Posted on 09/11/2017 11:08:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
EXCLUSIVE: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fired back at a prominent House Democrat who called him a disgrace to the uniform, in the Gold Star father and retired Marine Corps generals first public response to the personal attack on his service.
Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez had leveled the criticism at Kelly over his support of President Trumps decision to end a controversial program that shielded young illegal immigrants from deportation.
In an email to Fox News late Sunday, Kelly responded by saying Congress did nothing to help so-called Dreamers when they had the chance.
As far as the congressman and other irresponsible members of congress are concerned, they have the luxury of saying what they want as they do nothing and have almost no responsibility, Kelly said. They can call people liars but it would be inappropriate for me to say the same thing back at them. As my blessed mother used to say empty barrels make the most noise.
He concluded, The congressman has a right to his opinion.
Kelly had advised the president to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program with a six-month wind-down, as announced last Tuesday.
Former President Barack Obama had created DACA via executive action, and both Democrats and Republicans have questioned the legality of the move even if they support the policy itself. Conservative voices are mostly unified in their view that Obama exceeded his constitutional authority by circumventing Congress. Even Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on MSNBC that the policy was on shaky legal ground, urging Congress to pass a law.
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Gutierrez is of Puerto Rican ancestry and belonged to a nationalist group which once attacked the House (Congress) while in seesion. To accomadate and insure his election his gerrynmandered federal Illinois xistrict is an absolute joke.
Kelly should ignore these bottom feeders.
Best thing anyone can do.
You are thinking of Jorge Ramos
Who is an illegal and is a reporter for Univision. Hannity argues quite a bit with him and I think Tucker Carlson does too.
Really?
There has to be some truth to that. For all the noise advantage the media freely gives to the Left and seats at every table, they are is disarray.
The Trump Nation is fueled up just with what she has on the ground. It has made a Hugh and Series impact. And, we are willing to take off in the future.
The dumbass GOP is missing SO MANY opportunities here.
They could craft a DACA law and have REPUBLICANS take credit for it. That is the dems worst fear.
They could be gathering momentum from Trumps win to do all the things they majorty of people are screaming for... and they would gaurantee a major landslide in 2018...
But WTF are they thinking????? Is stupid Paul RINO Ryan thinking he could run for President if he helps Trump fail?
Are they listening to the media too much? Do so many of them have skeletons in their closet that they are compromised as soon as they get into office? (my favorite theory)
I agree with you re the skeletons in their closets and how compromised they are, once they are elected.
My wife, life time, RN, says that they are so addicted to their power, they will do anything to stay in office.
A psyc. friend says that the Republicans have been #2 so long, they suffer from Stockholm Syndrome and think the rats still control them.
Maybe all 3 of the above.
Yes, weak reply from Kelly.
Guess he didn’t want to outshine the president for speaking in fire tongue language, and completely blowing Goo-Terror into fitting horse feed.
Gutless-tierrez’s Wikipedia page mentions his former employment as a taxi driver, but nothing about military service.
Were either of his parents a US citizen? Just asking.
In a different age, he would have challenged him to a duel.
He still would be applauded by 70% of the country.
Unfortunately the Marxist media would have a melt down
Go back to Univision !
For full details on Comrade Guttierez (D-Ill), go to www.keywiki.org and look his record up (in the Search box - enter his name).
Ties to the Puerto Rican/Cuban trained Marxist guerrillas, the FALN. No one has provided detailed information on his communist background but books that are viewed as official histories of Chicago politics says that he was directly connected to the FALN supporter network.
Besides that, he’s batshit crazy. Too much bad Sangria (aka wood polish).
Senator especially as they are cheap and there for 6 years. Give me the name of one decent person in the Senate. Of the whores in the swamp they take the cake
I thought it was “empty wagons.”
He’s upholding and protecting the United States and the Constitution. Disgrace? Only in the eyes of a disgrace to his office.
Can't think of a single one.
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