Posted on 01/17/2019 5:00:45 PM PST by tcrlaf
The House floor erupted Thursday after Congress adjourned for the week when an unidentified Republican congressman yelled a controversial and potentially racially charged remark across the aisle as Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas was at the podium.
“Go back to Puerto Rico!” the lawmaker shouted, punctuating a stream of Republican whooping and hollering at the Democratic majority for holding a voice vote — instead of the normal roll call vote — to pass a continuing resolution that would reopen nine Cabinet departments through Feb. 28.
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and other Democrats in the chamber shot out of their seats demanding to know who shouted the comment.
Cárdenas walked over to the Republican side of the aisle and huddled with some GOP lawmakers, but none stepped forward to admit they had shouted the remark.
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She can go back to NY.
So now it’s racial to tell someone who just came back from a vacation in Puerto Rico, to go back there and vacation some more?
You might want to back up that starting point to the day Obama announced he was running for pResident
Is there some sort of law that says we have to KEEP our territories?
only have demonrats word that came from republican - more likely came from a demonrat - trying to cause trouble
also why no republicans claimed responsibility
Yeah, it sounds gutless to make that remark, then hide. This aint high school. Easy to say to own up...
then again, we know what happened to Steve King, right? One wrong remark, and you’re labeled and blacklisted asap. I can see the good and bad sides to it..
Well didnt they just come back from PUERTO RICO..so DUH that is what he meant but hey with Commies EVERYTHING is about race
They WERE in Puerto Rico.
So, now to even MENTION the name Puerto Rico is racist?
Well for one the Republicans would take the dems side and ostrasize the person that said that if it was a Republican. Look what they did to Steve King...
in this highly charged environment - where repubs and conservatives have a bullseye - one would need to be a total moron to yell that - on other hand a demonrat has nothing to lose by yelling and blaming the reuplicans. Only way demonrat could lose if someone caught on camera
I agree, smells like a RAT false flag operation! Sheila Jackson Lee probably can move out of her seat as if she were on her way to Mars;),if she knew in advance....
You are right. I will put in reverse until it reaches that day.
Your reply says it all.
What a disgusting, greedy ‘news’ media we have!
If they don’t know who it was, how do they know it was a republican?
Racially charged???
Everything is racial for the Libs. That seems to be the only ‘weapon’ they have.
Yawnnnnnnnnnn.
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No.
It was about the PR donor-pleasing trip the Dems had- while working class Fed workers suffered.
Media pretending it isn’t is just blatant lying.
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