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Watch–Beto O’Rourke to Black American: Illegal Immigrant Labor Needed for Cotton Gin
breitbart ^ | 09/19/2018 | John Binder

Posted on 09/20/2018 5:57:45 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beto; cheaplabor; cottongin; crazy; cruz; elpaso; masterbeto; tx2018; workforce
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To: Army Air Corps; LUV W

Where’s the media outrage, on this???

Fox suspended Bob Fosse just for saying “cotton pickin’” and DeSantis gets slammed for saying monkey up the state, in Fl Giv race.

Media had field day, on the above.

This guy gets to claim blacks and (actual) Hispanics are only good for cotton pickers/aka slaves??

Come on, GOP. Don’t let this one off the hook. They (leftists) wouldn’t.


41 posted on 09/20/2018 8:36:46 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

Spread the word! Preach it! :)


42 posted on 09/20/2018 8:39:30 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: DFG

A coworker of mine is a 75 year old southen gentleman. He’s a delight to talk too. He says he’s picked both cotton as well as tobacco. Neither sounded like much fun. He said he’d much rather work tobacco fields than cotton


43 posted on 09/20/2018 8:40:49 AM PDT by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Jane Long

Right on! “Crash-n-Run” O’Rourke cannot be allowed to get a pass on this.


44 posted on 09/20/2018 8:44:13 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DFG

To be sure, CNNABCCBSMSNBC will report on this. Not.


45 posted on 09/20/2018 9:07:04 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, I draw the line at wood alcohol and mineral spirits. Cotton gin? No thanks!


46 posted on 09/20/2018 9:10:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DFG

Stunningly stupid statement.


47 posted on 09/20/2018 9:15:25 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: crusty old prospector

Whoops...

Gonna have to put that on the RV’ing list.


48 posted on 09/20/2018 9:20:25 AM PDT by moovova
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To: LUV W

Beeto obviously doesn’t know the difference between a cotton gin and a cotton picker.

And why did he instantly think of cotton farming anyway? Was it because the question was asked by a black man? Really? Does Beeto think that hispanic illegals replaced blacks in the cotton fields only recently?

Does he think he’s assuaged black people’s concerns about illegal immigrant labor with that remark? And what about the hispanics in the audience? Wonder how they reacted?

What does all this say about Beeto’s view of the world?


49 posted on 09/20/2018 9:33:11 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: DFG

Hey, wait just one Cotton Pickin’ minute.


50 posted on 09/20/2018 9:36:44 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: DFG

Nobody has taken Beto’s comments to the ultimate conclusion, so I will help. He is basically saying that, yes, illegals have replaced blacks as slaves in the South. And he is fine with that because working as a slave in the U.S. is better than living in Cental America. Now, let’s take it the next step...bringing people (blacks) from Africa to work as slaves in the US was a great thing because being a slave in the US is better than living in Africa. In one comment, Beto absolved the US of any wrong doing in regards to slavery. And the liberal media says nothing. If Ted Cruz doesn’t jump all over this, he is an idiot. For that matter, Trump and the GOP machine should jump all over this.


51 posted on 09/20/2018 9:50:14 AM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: Ben Ficklin
Let me tell you buddy boy, without the illegals, the Texas economy and Texas public school system would collapse

About 10% of the texas labor force is illegal and because they count the children of illegals, Texas schools get big, big bucks from the Education Dept

Do tell, Ben.

Do TELL.

Let your lefty bleeding heart flow.

52 posted on 09/20/2018 10:15:59 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Are you Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful?)
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To: Windflier

It appears to me that he was being insulting to both groups [all people when you think about it] and looks stupid in the process. Which is good for Ted!

Are we going to get to enjoy your presence [and Jen’s] next month? I sure hope so!


53 posted on 09/20/2018 10:31:21 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: LUV W

Yes, we’ll be there with a couple of our spawn ;-)


54 posted on 09/20/2018 11:45:28 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Woohoo! The more the merrier!


55 posted on 09/20/2018 11:52:21 AM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: TADSLOS

That’s the way it is in Texas, and if you don’t like it, who cares


56 posted on 09/20/2018 5:28:22 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin
That’s the way it is in Texas, and if you don’t like it, who cares

I care.

Cruz cares.

Trump cares.

A helluva lot of other Texans care.

Why don’t you care, Ben?

57 posted on 09/20/2018 5:33:01 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Are you Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful?)
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To: TADSLOS
That's not my job. I wasn't hired to do it. I wasn't elected to do it.

Take it up with the governor, or your county sheriff, or if you want to take your gun out to the west Texas cotton field and kill Mexicans, or in west Dallas there are a lot of illegals

58 posted on 09/20/2018 5:39:21 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin
That's not my job. I wasn't hired to do it. I wasn't elected to do it.

Take it up with the governor, or your county sheriff, or if you want to take your gun out to the west Texas cotton field and kill Mexicans, or in west Dallas there are a lot of illegals

Spoken like a true deflecting liberal troll.

Thanks for showing yourself again, Ben.

59 posted on 09/20/2018 5:44:33 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Are you Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful?)
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To: TADSLOS

no problem buddy boy because nobody cares what you think or what gets chatted about at free republic.


60 posted on 09/20/2018 5:48:00 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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