Watch–Beto O’Rourke to Black American: Illegal Immigrant Labor Needed for Cotton Gin

breitbart ^ | 09/19/2018 | John Binder

[DFG]

During a town hall event on Wednesday night, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) — running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the Senate seat — told a black American who questioned his support of illegal immigration that illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers. O’Rourke’s remarks were made after a black American asked the congressman if he supported illegal aliens being given U.S. citizenship despite breaking the country’s immigration laws. O’Rourke responded by saying that it is illegal aliens who are working at cotton gins today.

[moovova]

ICE’s next stop...the cotton gin in Roscoe, Georgia.

[Lurkinanloomin]

So he is admitting that illegal aliens are today’s slaves of the Democrat party

[Mozzafiato]

Wow. Imagine the firestorm if a Republican had said this. Imagine if President Trump made this comment...it would be the top story on CNN and MSNBC for a week.

[pepsionice]

Here’s the general issue. If ICE suddenly started showing up at cotton gins around Texas, Miss, Ala, or Louisiana...the bulk of the employees (mostly all illegals) would suddenly leave and the gins would be shut down for a week (extremely painful for cotton farms to handle) while the gin managers go and look for replacement employees. Most of these illegals? All paid $3 to $5 less than a regular employee.

I used to frequent a breakfast restaurant in Arlington, VA...which had six to ten guys in the back doing most of the work. The cashier and manager were gringos. The shop survived with reasonable prices because they were using illegals...probably making $3 to $5 less than legal employees of the region.

This is the way that the nation now functions, and a majority of people accept this as being normal. If they were all forced to only legal employees, then the cost factor across the nation would go quickly up and you’d see a high number of black youths hired, with the minimum wage going to a realistic ‘balance’. If you can’t find enough employees in a region....you up your salary structure.

[pangaea6]

Whoa what a thing to say! Way worse than that monkey business comment in fl, which was nothing but a common saying.

[Ben Ficklin]

No, he is saying that there are a lot of illegals in Texas and Texas is controlled by the republicans, not democrats.

[dynoman]

Modern cotton gins;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVNipcG3EQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRXET28gh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geX8ItkJD9o

[Paladin2]

Cotton gin sounds terrible.

[lodi90]

He’s a Democrat so nothing will come of this. Recall Slow Joe Biden’s “They gonna put you in chains” comment.

[dynoman]

interesting. That would have happened over many years.

[Red Badger]

It gets stuck in your throat................

[AnotherUnixGeek]

told a black American who questioned his support of illegal immigration that illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers

OK, let's go with that analogy - the answer the Americans of the past came up with to resolve this was to ban the importation of slaves and later to end slavery altogether and force slave owners to pay wages for their labor. If "Beta" believes his own words, he should back the immediate building of a border wall to stop the importation of these modern day cotton pickers and stop their exploitation by employers looking to replace American workers with cheap, illegal labor.

[cdcdawg]

The cotton gin was an innovation that made a lot of slave labor obsolete. Beto doesn’t know what a cotton gin is. He’s a moron.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Army Air Corps]

That comparison is insulting to morons.

[Hang'emAll]

Cotton gin sounds terrible....

But, it makes the best dry martini.

[crusty old prospector]

Roscoe, Texas. Between Abilene and Lubbock. Windmill Capital of the World.

[Paine in the Neck]

Jump down, turn around. Pick a bale of cotton

[indthkr]

Beto: We have slaves from south of the border to work those cotton gins now, boy.