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John Kelly fires back at Democrat who called him 'disgrace to the uniform'
Fox News. com ^ | September 11, 2017 | Christopher Wallace

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 general’s 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 Trump’s 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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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 115th; appallingdems; daca; democrats; gutierrez; johnkelly; kelly; trump
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To: Mr Rogers

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.


21 posted on 09/11/2017 12:29:54 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin (not related to poster))
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To: Kaslin

Kelly should ignore these bottom feeders.


22 posted on 09/11/2017 12:34:13 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: Amish with an attitude

Best thing anyone can do.


23 posted on 09/11/2017 12:36:48 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: mastertex
Yes he is, he was born and raised in Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago

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.

24 posted on 09/11/2017 12:55:57 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: mastertex
"Rep. Luis Gutierrez is not even a US Citizen..."

Really?

25 posted on 09/11/2017 1:13:50 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: rockinqsranch

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.


26 posted on 09/11/2017 1:22:26 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Mr. K

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 Trump’s 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.


27 posted on 09/11/2017 1:29:20 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: eclectic

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.


28 posted on 09/11/2017 1:34:00 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Kaslin

Gutless-tierrez’s Wikipedia page mentions his former employment as a taxi driver, but nothing about military service.


29 posted on 09/11/2017 2:03:54 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Kaslin

Were either of his parents a US citizen? Just asking.


30 posted on 09/11/2017 2:47:27 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Kickass Conservative
Kelly should just go over to the Capitol Building and beat the shit out of that Commie punk. In a different age he would be applauded for doing just that.

YUP!!!
31 posted on 09/11/2017 3:02:03 PM PDT by rhubarbk ("Liberals are the stool in the community pool" . . . Hat Tip to rockinqsranch)
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To: Kickass Conservative

In a different age, he would have challenged him to a duel.


32 posted on 09/11/2017 3:26:47 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

He still would be applauded by 70% of the country.

Unfortunately the Marxist media would have a melt down


33 posted on 09/11/2017 5:13:59 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: Kaslin

Go back to Univision !


34 posted on 09/11/2017 5:14:51 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: fella
As they say here in Texas; Gutierrez couldn’t poor p*ss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.

Partner, this A-Hole will have something else printed on his posterior if he keeps talking as if he were the King of the state of Illinois.

Who is he anyway??? L. Gutierrez is a nothing in Congress!!!

35 posted on 09/11/2017 6:52:59 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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To: Kaslin

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).


36 posted on 09/11/2017 9:04:26 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Avalon Memories

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


37 posted on 09/11/2017 9:36:45 PM PDT by datricker (Why are Trump lawyers on TV and not Hillary's - Lock her up! Lock her up!)
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To: rockinqsranch

I thought it was “empty wagons.”


38 posted on 09/11/2017 10:07:02 PM PDT by gogeo (Trump appears to be working 18 hours per day while congress canÂ’t seem to get in 18 hours per week.)
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To: Kaslin

He’s upholding and protecting the United States and the Constitution. Disgrace? Only in the eyes of a disgrace to his office.


39 posted on 09/12/2017 3:45:53 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: datricker
Give me the name of one decent person in the Senate.

Can't think of a single one.

40 posted on 09/12/2017 3:45:54 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (The question about fighting back is not what average people can to do, but how to do we do it?)
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