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Gutierrez defends attacks on Kelly, calls Trump's chief of staff 'mean'
The Hill ^ | Sept 12, 2017 | Rafael Bernal

Posted on 09/12/2017 4:56:41 PM PDT by jazusamo

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday defended his attacks on White House chief of staff John Kelly, calling President Trump's senior aide "mean" for standing aside while the administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

"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.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: colludewithmexico; daca; immigration; johnkelly; luisgutierrez; trump
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To: Chode

Bump! :-)


21 posted on 09/12/2017 5:25:15 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

The only uniform Little Luis ever wore was his Latin Kings sweater.


22 posted on 09/12/2017 5:26:10 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: jazusamo
Yer mean Early. Meaner than that pinocchio-lookin' knucklehead Kelly. Image and video hosting by TinyPic Wire you so mean? That Gutierrez bean eater is gonna call you mean.
23 posted on 09/12/2017 5:28:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: jazusamo

“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.

Well, that WOULD be mean - but that’s NOT what President Trump is doing. At all.

Get yer haid outta yer @ss.


24 posted on 09/12/2017 5:30:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: jazusamo

He sounds mean? What a pussy.


25 posted on 09/12/2017 5:31:04 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: ex91B10
Actually, the general should send him a letter asking him to attend an "interview" under the code duello concluding with the words, "My seconds shall call upon you on the morrow."
26 posted on 09/12/2017 5:32:32 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Well said, my FRiend!


27 posted on 09/12/2017 5:36:58 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Gutierrez is upset and confused. Kelly doesn’t seem to be ‘housebroken’ the way Paul Ryan is.
Aren’t RINOs supposed to just fold up and collapse like an old beach chair?


28 posted on 09/12/2017 5:40:45 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Kozak

Thanks. I saw your post on another thread about his gang ties, doesn’t surprise me in the least.


29 posted on 09/12/2017 5:41:42 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Publius

Publius,

You are not advocating DUELING to resolve matters of honor, are you?

what a horrible, nasty, thing to say! Oh! The Shame!

(with keyboard dripping sarcasm!)


30 posted on 09/12/2017 5:42:39 PM PDT by txnativegop (Socialism -- an evil created by ignorant a-holes!)
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To: txnativegop

I have long believed that we should turn the state park in Weehauken where Burr shot Hamilton and turn it into the National Dueling Grounds. ESPN would cover the event. It would solve a lot of political problems.


31 posted on 09/12/2017 5:44:58 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: lee martell

Amen! I think you nailed it, Kelly is no RINO.


32 posted on 09/12/2017 5:45:36 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

We need to get Louie one of those pink hats


33 posted on 09/12/2017 5:47:39 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: jazusamo

34 posted on 09/12/2017 5:49:40 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Publius

http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/weehawken_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm

Pictures at source. Weehawken,NJ.


35 posted on 09/12/2017 5:50:58 PM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: jazusamo

Luis Gutierrez is an ethnic bigot almost without equal.


36 posted on 09/12/2017 5:52:03 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: exit82

A nice place for politicians to settle their differences.


37 posted on 09/12/2017 5:52:48 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

Ssshhh! don’t tell anyone, . . . but I agree with you completely.

If you know you might catch a bullet for popping off at the mouth, it will make you think twice about what you say.


38 posted on 09/12/2017 5:53:11 PM PDT by txnativegop (Socialism -- an evil created by ignorant a-holes!)
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To: Publius
I have long believed that we should turn the state park in Weehauken where Burr shot Hamilton and turn it into the National Dueling Grounds. ESPN would cover the event. It would solve a lot of political problems.

The funny thing, the actual spot is on the grass between the sidewalk and the Boulevard. The sign that was there in the 80's could have been mistaken for a NO PARKING sign. LOL

39 posted on 09/12/2017 5:55:53 PM PDT by fedupjohn (The Alpha Male Chosen By The People to #MAGA....President Trump...)
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To: maggief

Sheesh...I’ve seen some gerrymandered districts but that takes the cake.


40 posted on 09/12/2017 5:56:57 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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