Posted on 09/12/2017 4:56:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
"He’s a politician, okay, not a general. I don’t see a uniform. He’s a politician who works for Donald Trump,” said Gutiérrez, according to The Washington Post .
Kelly and Gutierrez have been trading barbs since last week, when Gutierrez called the former four-star Marine general "a disgrace to the uniform he used to wear."
Gutierrez took issue over the White House's announcement that it would end DACA, an Obama-era program that gave work permits and deferral from deportation to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.
As secretary of Homeland Security earlier this year, Kelly repeatedly pledged sympathy toward DACA recipients and told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus he was their best ally in the Trump administration.
Still, Gutierrez and other critics have lashed out after the administration announced last week that it would phase out DACA.
Kelly, who has maintained that Congress should legislate a solution for DACA recipients, shot back Monday in an email to Fox News.
“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. “I begged and pleaded with them. They did exactly nothing.”
The administration's plan to wind down DACA after six months has put pressure on Congress to take action to protect the affected immigrants.
But Congress has yet to coalesce around a proposal for so-called Dreamers – the thousands of DACA recipients and other undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.
Gutierrez said Friday he was building a coalition of Democrats who would refuse to vote on budget and debt ceiling deals in December unless a solution for Dreamers were passed by then.
Kelly took credit Monday for the six-month reprieve, saying the program's shaky legal footing was responsible for ending it.
“Trump didn't end DACA, the law did. That said, I worked and succeeded to give the Congress another six months to do something,” Kelly said in his email to Fox News.
Gutierrez deflected Kelly's defense Monday, saying he understands why his criticism of the well-respected Marine general-cum-politician rubbed some the wrong way.
"What could be more mean and more vicious than to say you’ve got six months to pack up your bag and to leave the United States of America?” said Gutiérrez.
“President Trump might be able to drain the swamp. It’s going to take military discipline to do it.”
Military Tribunals would be great.
Sedition and Treason should be a qualifier.
Make it so.
DNC Colludes with Mexico to impact elections.
#12. What “maturity level” re the Democrats? It’s so low now that the pressure will squash them like a roach at 35,000 ft down under.
WOW what a convoluted district! Looks like it has gathered up majority Hispanic areas. I used to live on Fullerton at Clark and once had a blue eyed blonde Mexican girl friend who lived in that district. I am sure it has all changed now.
I do, every day. Two I have great admiration for are Melania Trump and Karen Pence. They both had excellent lives, great families, husbands that provided comfortable and impressive lives. One can't help but wonder if they ever get together and say "What were they thinking?"
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