A top Republican challenged a professor on the border debate. It did not go well.
During an interview with The Ralph Bailey Show on Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy attempted to explain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program scale-back, immigration, and the debate over the southern border to a political science professor from California State University, Bakersfield. The professor just didn’t understand the issues with immigration, how border patrol operates, or why Mexico was so dangerous, McCarthy claimed. “Have you ever been to the border?” he asked.
There was just one problem: the professor to whom McCarthy was speaking— Mark Martinez—had indeed been to the border. In fact, Martinez had previously taught graduate studies in Mexico at the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, hundreds of miles south of the border and has a wide breadth of knowledge in political development, international relations, and American foreign policy.
“Mark, have you spent any time with the border agents, down along the border?” McCarthy asked, in response to accusations that he and many Republicans were feeding the racist components of President Trump’s base by pushing the idea of a wall and deporting DACA recipients. “Have you asked what’s coming across? Have you watched the amount of drugs, have you [seen] the tunnels from [Mexico]?”
“Absolutely,” Martinez replied. “Kevin, I’ve lived in Mexico. Have you ever lived in Mexico, Kevin?”
https://thinkprogress.org/republican-leader-tells-professor-who-taught-in-mexico-that-he-doesnt-understand-the-border-debate-a8c52f36b67c/
A $225,000 a year ass***** and represents the 23rd district, and had a deli at one time, looks like he got mayonnaise on his face-------------again
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hatred, fear, and paranoia.
No wonder puke voters keep electing morons.
