Posted on 06/14/2024 9:44:47 AM PDT by DFG
Democrat lawmaker Chellie Pingree called for less border security and advocated for more migrants to be bused to her state, claiming there aren't 'enough locals to fill jobs.'
The Representative from Maine, who has served as Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009, spoke for over two minutes during a House Appropriations Committee debate on the fiscal year 2025 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill.
She expressed support for a Democrat-proposed amendment that would redirect $600 million from border fencing construction to a FEMA-administered municipal emergency shelter program, the Shelter and Services Program.
The program would pay for migrant housing and expenses.
'This funding is particularly important to one of the cities that I represent, the city of Portland, Maine,' said Pingree. 'You know, we all talk about big cities like New York, and we all have all kinds of concerns about this, but let's be clear: In my state, this funding is critically important to supporting our city, which has been very welcoming to asylum seekers.'
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Idiot
They say the Maine woods are full of Chinese.
Treason.
Echoing W’s famous remark.
There are probably open jobs for just six months of the year. The other six months the Feds can pay them welfare. The good news they will vote Democrat.
Maine has take a sharp turn for the weird in last few years.
Well, on second thought, it always was kinda like the northern version of Florida.
And illegal marijuana grows
Which, incidentally, destroying the environment.
Democrats destroy everything. Unless they are wealthy, nothing but hypocrites and have blue collar Republicans keep things safe
If I still lived in my former hometown - ironically also named Portland, now reflective of both SF & Seattle in terms of overall condition - I’d launch a campaign to provide bus/plane tickets to send ALL the homeless & migrants who wanted to go to the utopia which is Portland, Maine, where there are so many jobs that dumbass politicians will ASK for illegals to come.
I say let her have them all.
Liar!
What about the problem of not enough locals to fill jobs?
The jobs that can’t be filled must be low-skill. Otherwise, migrants aren’t the solution.
Let’s say a fast-food restaurant can’t get enough fry cookers. They could if they raised prices and offered more pay to the fry cookers.
Then consumers will buy the fast food anyway but complain about inflation and possibly not vote for Biden.
And the question of getting welfare mooches to take those jobs is not now and not ever even asked.
New York might take you up on that offer...
Moment Democrat lawmaker called for more migrants and more federal funding.
Come on people. You have your heads up your ass again-way too many often I might add.
The real question. Think for just one moment. Are you ready?
What does John Tester think?
Why would anyone care what John Tester thinks
You mean the voters of Montana don’t care? You could be right but no one here has brought it up. That’s my issue.
DeSantis sends them a small planeload. That would get their attention. It’s like a potential VP being called little Marco. Keep your ‘friends’ on their toes.
DeSantis sends them a small planeload. That would get their attention. It’s like a potential VP being called little Marco. Keep your ‘friends’ on their toes.
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