5:31
Fake Hispanic Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is looking doornail dead … and let’s be honest: it never really took off. But after peaking nationally with 9.5 percent support in the Real Clear Politics poll of polls, he has now collapsed to just 3.2 percent support. And along the way, he dropped from third place (behind 275-year-old Bernie and 189-year-old Biden) to sixth.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
If you recall, Paddy O’Rourke was once America’s wunderkind, the next John or Bobby, the phenom who could turn Texas blue, Mr. Charisma, the White Obama, the guy whose youth, energy, charm, and wokeness would make him The Great Trump Slayer who ushered in the next Progressive Era!
So what happened?
How did the Shamrock King get his Lucky Charms stolen?
- Ted Cruz Is No Longer the Villain
Beto is a totally fabricated media sensation, and the reason the media fabricated that sensation was in the hopes of defeating Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Republican the media hate with enough fury to turn Beto the Dweeb into Beto the KoolKidFutureOfAmerica.
And to Beto and the media’s credit, they nearly defeated Cruz. That election was a lot closer than it should have been.
But without Cruz as your villain, without Cruz as the standard upon which your cool factor is measured, the leprechaun stands alone, and when the leprechaun stands alone, he’s just a dweeby little leprechaun.
Without Cruz, the media lost interest in protecting and shaping Beto into something’s he’s not, and without the full force of the media pouring all of their propaganda powers into one man to make him Bobby Kennedy, all that’s left is Beto, and Beto is not all that impressive on his own.
- Beto Is a Spaz
Look at this….
Look at this…
And now look at this…
I rest my case.
- Beto Combines the Worst of Kerry, Biden, Ted Kennedy, Obama, Warren
Beto married an heiress like John F’n Kerry; he drives like Ted Kennedy (including his attempt to drunkenly flee the scene); he is as miserly as Joe Biden in his charitable giving; like Obama, he has no real experience but has a very high opinion of himself; and he is an Irishman posing as a Hispanic in the same way Elizabeth Warren posed as an American Indian.
On top of that, he was a hacker who stole other people’s credit card numbers.
This is one flawed leprechaun.
- Straight. White. Male.
When you are running to be nominated for president by a political party obsessed with identity politics (because they have no ideas), being a straight, white guy is a major deficit — especially when you are up against two other straight, white males (Biden and Bernie) who already enjoy a sizable following.
On the identity politics front, the only thing Beto has going for him is that he’s a beta male, not at all masculine, but betas don’t win presidential elections.
If Beto the beta were smart, he would reboot his candidacy for a third time by announcing he is transitioning into a woman. This would not only shake up his campaign; we would all believe him.
- Trump Has His Number and Everyone Knows It
“Pocahontas.” “Low Energy Jeb.” “Little Marco.” “Crazy Bernie.” “Alfred E. Neuman.” “Crooked Hillary.”
The key to defeating someone is to define them before they can define you. Trump’s genius is his ability to do this with a nickname that sticks … and has the additional benefit of getting under that person’s skin because it’s true.
Trump never bothered to hit O’Rourke with a nickname, but once he ridiculed Beto’s flailing arm movements, everyone knew it was over.
“I think he’s got a lot of hand movement,” Trump said. “I’ve never seen so much hand movement. I said, ‘Is he crazy or is that just how he acts?’ I’ve never seen so much hand movement. I watched him a little while this morning. … I’ve actually never seen anything quite like it. Study it. I’m sure you’ll agree. ”
You cannot win a presidential election if you are this easy to ridicule, and Beto is absurdly easy to mock.
- Beto the Gaffe Machine
- Farmers need to give up their fair share of crops to fight global warming.
- Beto eats dirt, literally.
- Illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers.
- “I’m just born” to be president.
- “Nobody is born to be president — least of all me.”
- “Yes, absolutely. I would take the wall down” that currently keeps illegal aliens from flooding into El Paso.
- Watch me get my teeth cleaned.
- Watch me get a haircut.
…and on and on and on…
- No Vision
Other than trying to appease the extreme left, I have no idea what Beto stands for, where he wants to take the country. All he does is run around, stand on the places where people eat their food, flail like a maniac, and spew platitudes…
He’s not a presidential candidate as much as he’s a middle-aged child out on a journey to explore himself.
Beto’s not a leader; he’s a wanderer.
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Without it being Beto vs. Cruz or Beto vs. a Republican, the media are no longer interested in protecting him from his spazzy self, and without those billions and billions of dollars in corporate propaganda turning him into something he’s not, Beto’s just a weird little entitled white guy leprechaun who married money and still doesn’t give to charity.
DRUGS AND ILLEGALS POUR OVER BILLIONAIRE BETO “BETOMATIC” O’ROURKE’S
STATE OF TEXAS… He wants the borders open wider
“The cartels are starting to push alien traffic out here
[where] there’s nothing [but] a little, bitty village,” Ortiz said. “And why
are they doing that? Not because it’s a close proximity to a community. No,
because the cartels are using that as a diversion so they can tie up our hands
so our agents can’t get to the narcotics or to smuggled alien traffic.”
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BILLIONAIRE BETO “BETOMATIC” O’ROURKE’S SABOTATE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY… is it a globalist deal with NARCOMEX?
The Democrat
Party’s secret agenda for wider open borders, more welfare for invading
illegals, more jobs and free anything they illegally vote for…. All to destroy
the two-party system and build the GLOBALISTS’ DEMOCRAT PARTY FOR WIDER OPEN
BORDERS TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED.
https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/11/frontpage-hidden-agenda-of-pueblo-sin.html
Demonstrably and
irrefutably the Democrat Party became the party whose principle objective is to
thoroughly transform the nature of the American electorate by means of open
borders and the mass, unchecked importation of illiterate third world peasants
who will vote in overwhelming numbers for Democrats and their La Raza welfare
state. FRONTPAGE MAG
Beto “BETOMATIC” O’Rourke announces his candidacy on the
GLOBALIST BILLIONAIRE LA RAZA SUPREMACY DEMOCRAT platform for wider open
borders and mucho cheapo labor!
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BILLIONAIRE BETO “BETOMATIC” O’ROURKE’S MURDERING UNREGISTERED
DEM VOTING ILLEGALS
ICE Releases
Hundreds of Migrants in Texas over Christmas
Rep. Beto O’Rourke
(D-TX), who lost his Senate bid to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz, is cited in
the story as being instrumental in making sure ICE informs city officials of
impending releases.
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BILLONAIRE BETO “BETOMATIC” O’ROURKE PROCLAIMS AMNESTY FOR 40
MILLION INVADING “UNREGISTERED” DEMOCRAT VOTING ILLEGALS.
No word on America’s homeless, housing or jobs crisis for
Legals!
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UPDATE
ON BILLIONAIRE BETOMATIC’S ASSAULT ON AMERICA’S BORDERS AND CULTURE
Beto’s
solution to the wall issue: let the rest of Mexico jump our open borders and
vote democrat for more and no wall will be needed!
IS
BETOMATIC A CLONE OF BANKSTER-OWNED BARACK OBAMA, THE LA RAZA SUPREMACIST WHO
SURRENDERED OUR BORDERS FOR 8 YEARS AS HE AND HOLDER SERVICED THEIR CRONY
CRIMINAL BANKSTERS.
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*
“Our
entire crony capitalist system, Democrat and Republican alike, has become
a kleptocracy approaching par with third-world hell-holes. This
is the way a great country is raided by its elite.” – Karen McQuillan AMERICAN
THINKER.com
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OBAMANOMICIS:
Further, nearly 60% think that the next generation will be worse off than they are. And few have any faith that the economic
outlook for the country will improve in the near or distant future.
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There are many parallels between “Betomania” and
“Obamamania,” and O’Rourke has been called the “white Obama.”
He
is married to the daughter of
a billionaire, so if nominated, Democrats would have
a hard time attacking Republicans for supporting a billionaire president
without being accused of hypocrisy.
*
“Beto also questioned
whether the Constitution was still relevant, which makes one wonder how
seriously he would take the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States” should he be sworn in as president.”
*
WORDS OF A PSYCHOPATH BARACK OBAMA:
"In his 2006 autobiography The Audacity of Hope, then-Senator Obama wrote, “I serve as a blank screen on which people
of vastly different political stripes project their own views.” That is
why Obama won the presidency, and should O’Rourke win too, that is why he will
have won"
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VIVA LA RAZA SUPREMACY LIKE TEXAS’ NARCOMEX BORDER COUNTIES
THAT VOTED VIVA BETOMATIC?
BETO O’ROURKE HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY MEXICO. HOW IMPORTANT WILL
THE ILLEGALS’ VOTES BE?
“In 2018, a volunteer for the Beto campaign
urged followers to transport undocumented aliens (ILLEGALS) to the polls.”
“Many
liberals believe that anyone in the United States – citizen or non-citizen –
should be able to vote. If they want to make that argument and
change the law to make it happen, they are more than welcome to
try. Of course, if they run on that issue, they will get slaughtered
at the polls. So instead of going to the American people and working
to change the law, they try an underhanded dirty trick to achieve the same
goal.” APOLO VILLALOBOS
"American elites continue focusing on a
global order while ignoring the decline of the United States. A broken America
will be unable to meet any geopolitical threats abroad. Any national security
strategy that does not begin with securing our own national security at home
will be doomed to fail." DANIEL GREENFIELD
Knowing that the wall
will become a reality if the President gets the cash brings out the
cheap-labor-express, wealthy power brokers like the Billionaires for Open Borders: Michael Bloomberg;
Rupert Murdoch; other distinguished members of the Forbes 500; and, as Lou
Dobbs often reminds us, the
"globalists, the Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, Koch brothers and Wall
Street."
LA RAZA SUPREMACIST BETO “BETOMATIC” O’ROURKE… openly
endorsed by Mexico!
https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/12/rep-beto-orourke-celebrates-his.html
O’Rourke tweeted his support for hundreds
of undocumented people into American communities.
*
“Many thanks to volunteers & donors who
ensure that we take care of families being released by ICE in El Paso. 200 to
be released today. Over 500 tomorrow.” BETO O’ROURKE
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25 MINUTE VIDEO OF ACTUAL MEX INVASION.
Illegals pour over Texas rancher’s property.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-mexican-invasion-25-minute-video-of.html
We’ve got an even
more ominous enemy within our borders that promotes “Reconquista of Aztlan” or
the reconquest of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas into the country of
Mexico….. AND THE ENEMY IS THE LA RAZA SUPREMACIST GLOBALIST DEMOCRAT PARTY!
Nolte:
Beto O’Rourke Says His Campaign Sacrifices Make Up for Miserly Charitable
Donations
JOHN NOLTE
17 Apr 20192,202
5:20
Fake Hispanic Beto O’Rourke was confronted at a town hall about his
miserly campaign donations and responded in such a narcissistic fashion, I
suffered a Barry Obama flashback.
According to
his tax returns, since 2008, the Irishman O’Rourke has donated less than one
percent of his considerable income to charity.
In 2017, he
earned a healthy $366,455, but his reported charitable donations totaled just
$1,166. In other words, he donated less than one-third of one-percent to
charity.
Over the last
ten years, the Irishman O’Rourke reported an average annual income of $340,613
but “donated an average of just $2,430 to charity per year during that time, or
0.7 percent,” reports The Washington Free
Beacon.
That gross
dollar donation of $2,430 is also less than half of what the average American
who makes considerably less than the Irishman donates to charity. The IRS
reports that those in the $200,00 to $250,000 tax bracket donate an average of
$5,472 annually.
“The most
egregious disparity between reported income and charitable giving occurred in
2015, when O’Rourke earned $377,151 but donated just $867 to charity—just 0.2
percent of his total income,” the Free Beacon reports. “His most generous
year—and the only time he came close to the national average of between two and
five percent of total income—was 2013, when he reported charitable donations of
$12,900 (4.3 percent) after earning $301,092.”
There are
also no reports anywhere of the Irishman O’Rourke donating any of his wealth to
the U.S. Treasury — in other words, living the change he wants for the rest of
us through tax increases.
In other
words, the Irishman O’Rourke is not donating much money to private charity and
not donating to the “common good” by way of the U.S. Treasury. But as a means
to save as much as he can on taxes, he is itemizing those meager donations.
What’s more,
the Irishman O’Rourke’s wife is an heiress whose father is worth hundreds of millions of
dollars. So it’s not like they are pinching pennies over there.
Anyway, in
another example of the American people doing the job the media won’t, the
Irishman O’Rourke was confronted with the news about his miserly charitable
giving at a town hall event in Virginia on Tuesday, and he responded by
lecturing the audience about how the sacrifices he’s making on the campaign
trail, the personal sacrifice he’s making in his quest for the presidency,
should be good enough.
The
questioner, a student at the University of Virginia, asked why her sister, a
woman just one year out of college and who makes a lot less money than the
Irishman O’Rourke, donated more to charity than he did.
I’ve served
in public office since 2005. I do my best to contribute to the success of my
community, of my state, and now, of my country. There are ways that I do this
that are measurable and there are ways that I do this that are immeasurable.
There are charities that we donate to that we’ve recorded and itemized, others
that we have donated to that we have not.
But I’m doing
everything that I can right now, spending this time with you — not with our
kiddos, not back home in El Paso — because I want to sacrifice everything to
make sure that we meet this moment of truth with everything that we’ve got.
Don’t you
see, America, the Fake Hispanic’s charitable gift to America is Beto: he is his selfless
gift to America; his very presence is a magnanimous act of charitable giving.
So far, at
least where it counts — in the polling — the Irishman O’Rourke’s presidential
campaign has failed to live up to the national media hype.
The shallow
media love the guy, the even shallower celebrity culture loves the guy, donors
love the guy, but this Hot New Thing remains mired in single digits, way behind two ancient
white guys — former Vice President Joe Biden and socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-VT). In fact, in the most recent national poll, he fell behind Pete
Buttigieg to fourth place.
The media
might find Beto all kinds of adorbs, but he’s also kind of a weirdo and
obviously not catching on despite the worshipful coverage.
This terrible
answer regarding his miserly charitable giving is not in and of itself
disqualifying, but the incompetence of the answer, the unpreparedness, will
worry those looking for someone tough and prepared enough to take on President
Trump.
- He
culturally appropriates like Indian Princess Elizabeth Warren.
- He
drives like Ted Kennedy.
- He
marries into money like John F’n. Kerry.
- He gives to charity like Joe Biden.
Sounds like a
winner!
Beto: 'If Immigration Is a
Problem, It's the Best Possible Problem for This Country to Have'
Beto O'Rourke speaks to thousands
of people gathered to protest a U.S./Mexico border wall being pushed by
President Donald Trump February 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.(Photo by Christ
Chavez/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Newly minted
presidential contender Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke wants to open
lawful paths of immigration to potentially millions more people.
"And all of us, wherever you
live, can acknowledge that if immigration is a problem, it's the best possible
problem for this country to have. And we should ensure that there are lawful
paths to work, to be with family and to flee persecution," O'Rourke, from
the border city of El Paso, said in his video announcement.
With continuous and energetic
hand-gesturing, and his wife Amy looking on, O'Rourke echoed the "Yes we
can" campaigns of Barack Obama:
"This is a defining moment
of truth for this country and for every single one of us. The challenges that
we face right now, the interconnected crises in our economy, our democracy and
our climate have never been greater, and they will either consume us or they
will afford us the greatest opportunity to unleash the genius of the United
States of America.
"In other words, this moment
of peril produces perhaps the greatest moment of promise for this country and
for everyone inside of it."
And here starts the "we
can" theme:
We can begin by fixing our
democracy and ensuring that our government works for everyone and not just
corporations.
We can invest in the dignity of
those who work and those who seek to work.
We can ensure that every single
American can see a doctor and be well enough to live to their full potential.
And all of us, wherever you live,
can acknowledge that if immigration is a problem, it's the best possible
problem for this country to have. And we should ensure that there are lawful
paths to work, to be with family and to flee persecution.
We can listen to and lift up
rural America.
We can work on real justice
reform and confront the hard truths of slavery and segregation and suppression
in these United States of America.
We can reassert our global
leadership and end these decades-long wars, and be there for every woman and
man who has served in them.
And perhaps most importantly of all, because our very existence
depends on it, we can unleash the ingenuity and creativity of millions of
Americans who want to be ensure that we squarely confront the challenge of
climate change before it's too late.
He promised to run a
"positive" campaign that seeks to unite a divided country.
The video announcement came out
just before the morning cable shows began at 6 a.m.; and it coincides with a
gushing profile in Vanity Fair, complete with photographs by celebrity
photographer Annie Liebovitz.
O'Rourke, a former U.S.
congressman, lost his 2018 campaign for the U.S. Senate to incumbent Republican
Ted Cruz.
SERVING THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS
“Restructuring El Paso: O’Rourke supported a plan in
2006 to redevelop downtown El Paso by taking down tenements and gentrifying the
area. His father, billionaire William Sanders, was involved in the project. The
plan angered barrio residents and small business owners, who feared they would
lose their homes through the eminent domain process.”
The 2020 Democrats: Beto O’Rourke
Source: AP
Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez
Who: Beto O’Rourke
State: Texas
Current position: Former U.S. House
Representative of Texas
Background: O’Rourke earned a B.A. in English
from Columbia University in New York. While studying, he worked as an intern on Capitol Hill
for the office of former Rep. Ron Coleman (D-TX). After working a few jobs, as an internet
service provider and at a publishing company, he returned to El Paso where he
was born. There he sat on the city council from 2005 to 2011. He served as a
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. O’Rourke ran an
unsuccessful campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018, despite running the
most expensive Senate
campaign in U.S. history.
The
Issues:
- Healthcare: O’Rourke
considers healthcare, “a basic
human right, not a privilege,” and opposed the idea
of repealing Obamacare. He supported expanding Medicaid coverage
to prevent childbirth-related deaths, as well as covering, “vulnerable
children, the disabled, and the elderly.” He wanted politicians to focus
on, “achieving universal healthcare coverage- whether it be through a
single payer system, a dual system, or otherwise - so that we can ensure
everyone is able to see a provider when it will do the most good and will
deliver healthcare in the most affordable, effective way possible.”
- Immigration: "Absolutely,
I'd take the wall down," O’Rourke told MSNBC's
Chris Hayes in February. The former representative supported the DREAM Act
and “modernizing” the visa system to allow U.S. businesses to seek employees
for jobs, “that American workers can’t fill.”
- Environment: O’Rourke
said in 2012 that he would work with members of the House to come up with
plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that can be absorbed
by the ecosystem. “I believe that in tackling climate change and the
greatest environmental threat we have ever faced,” he said.
“We need to take unprecedented action in building a foundation for a clean
energy economy. Harmful emissions that contribute to climate change also
pollute our air and water. Climate change threatens our food supply, our
security and the complex ecosystem that sustains humanity.” O’Rourke is
also a supporter of
the Green New Deal, calling it the best proposal he's seen to combat
climate change.
- Economy: O’Rourke supported federal
stimulus spending. He co-sponsored the Minimum Wage Fairness Act,
which requires a $10.10 per
hour federal minimum wage by 2016. The former congressman said he
wanted, “policies that encourage companies to focus on returning
investments back to their consumer, their employees, and to the community.”
- Criminal Justice: On Monday, O’Rourke told
supporters that he will push for completely legalized marijuana across the
nation and call for expunging records of people imprisoned for possession.
“Giving low-level offenders a second chance no matter the color of their
skin or the economic status they hold can create opportunity for all of
us,” he wrote in an email to supporters. O’Rourke also called for
non-violent offenders to receive alternative
sentences to prison and to get access to rehabilitation programs.
- Gun Control: O’Rourke
advocated for universal background checks to regulateonline and
gun-show sales. He also wants to ban the sale of, “weapons of war and
high-capacity magazines.”
- Abortion: O’Rourke
is pro-abortion. He
co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act in 2013 as well as bills
S.217 and H.R.448 in 2015, which prohibit the passage of certain abortion
restrictions. He said that he want to ensure, “that a
woman’s right to choose is not compromised by limited access to safe and
legal abortion services or family planning help.”
Weaknesses/Controversies:
- Restructuring El Paso: O’Rourke supported a plan in
2006 to redevelop downtown El Paso by taking down tenements and
gentrifying the area. His father, billionaire William Sanders, was involved
in the project. The plan angered barrio residents and small business
owners, who feared they would lose their homes through the eminent domain
process.
- Denies Fleeing the Scene: In
his 2018 debate with Sen.Cruz, Beto claimed that he didn't attempt to flee
the scene of a crime back in August 1998. Beto was arrested on
DWI charges east of the New Mexico border. The Anthony Police Department
confirmed the authenticity of a 12-page police report attached to a Houston Chronicle article,
which states that an, "unidentified motorist ‘then turned on his
overhead lights to warn oncoming traffic and to try to get the defendant
(O’Rourke) to stop.'"
- Only Passed One Bill in
Congress: During his time as a House
representative, O’Rourke helped pass only one bill.
In 2016, H.R.5873 went into law, which designated, "the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio
Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the 'R.E. Thomason Federal Building and
United States Courthouse.'"
- Flip/Flop on Cop Support: Civil
rights groups were angered by O’Rourke’s votefor the Thin
Blue Line Act in 2017, which, “calls for death penalty to anyone who kills
or attempts killing ‘a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other
first responder.’” O’Rourke also called modern
law enforcement, "The new Jim Crow," and last year expressed his
admiration for the NFL players who took a knee in retaliation to acts of
police brutality against black people.
- Demeaning Comments About Women: O’Rourke
wrote a review of the Broadway musical "The Will Rogers Follies"
while studying at Columbia University. In it, he criticized the,
"perma-smile actresses whose only qualifications seem to be their
phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks." O’Rourke apologized
for his article, saying that he had, “no excuse for making disrespectful
and demeaning comments about women."
Beto O’Rourke Immigration Plan: No Walls; Amnesty for Dreamers,
Parents, ‘Millions More’
20 Feb 2019936
4:21
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) isn’t yet a candidate for the Democrat
presidential election, but he is already making clear his stance on immigration
— open borders and amnesty for all of the people in the country illegally.
Media
outlets, including the Houston
Chronicle, are reporting O’Rourke has released a “10-point plan.”
After
three terms in Congress and an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, El Paso
Democrat Beto O’Rourke has made clear his view that immigrants should be
welcomed as “human beings” and that “walls end lives.”
Now,
signaling that he may soon announce a 2020 White House run, O’Rourke is putting
a finer point on his immigration agenda, releasing a 10-point plan that calls
for citizenship for both “Dreamers” and their parents, as well as for “millions
more” who now live in the U.S. illegally.
And
not only is O’Rourke against building more walls along the U.S. border with
Mexico but he has expressed support for tearing down existing barriers that
divide El Paso from Mexico.
“Yes,
absolutely. I’d take the wall down,” O’Rourke said in an MSNBC interview.
One
politico scientist with the University of Houston quoted in the Chronicle report said this
position puts O’Rourke on the left side of the ever-growing Democrat
presidential field.
“That
is fairly to the left of where most of the people in the Democratic field are,”
Brandon Rottinghaus said.
The Chronicle noted that tearing
down walls was not on the immigration policy list, “an omission that is likely
to raise new questions about his border policy positions.”
One
strange point in O’Rourke’s immigration plan is the argument that a wall would
make it harder for people here illegally to return home.
“Here’s
why,” O’Rourke wrote, “as we made it harder for people to cross into the United
States, we made it less likely that once here they would attempt to go back to
their home country. Fearing an increasingly militarized border, circular
patterns of migration became linear.”
His
amnesty proposal is sweeping and includes all of the Dreamers, their parents —
whom he calls “the original Dreamers” — and would bring “millions more out of
the shadows and on a path to citizenship by ensuring that they register with
the government to gain status to legally work, pay taxes and contribute even
more to our country’s success.”
Republicans
may be cheering O’Rourke’s radical stance on immigration.
“He
is now showing, even more, how out of touch he is and how little he cares for
American citizens and those who have followed the law to seek to become
citizens,” Texas Republican Party Chairman James Dickey said. “Creating a whole
new class of citizens whose status is a direct reward for breaking the law is
just his latest dangerous extremist position.”
“O’Rourke’s
new policy paper does not call for abolishing ICE, but it does call for, an
‘end to the global war on drugs’ which he says has accelerated the erosion of
civil society in Latin America and helped produce the resulting flow of
immigrants and refugees,” the Chronicle reported.
During
his unsuccessful race to replace Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), O’Rourke’s Senate
campaign website spelled
out some of his immigration priorities:
•
End the militarization of our immigration enforcement system and close private
immigration prisons and detention centers that profit from locking up families.
•
Pass the DREAM Act and ensure that undocumented immigrants who were brought
here as children, known as ‘Dreamers’, find a permanent home and citizenship in
the U.S.
•
Ensure that those who come to our borders seeking refuge from violence and
persecution are given a fair opportunity to present their claims and guaranteed
due process under our laws.
•
Improve the immigration system to encourage and facilitate family
reunification, education, and the investment of talent in our country.
•
Modernize the visa system to allow U.S. employers to find workers for jobs that
American workers can’t fill.
•
Reform our immigration laws to legalize the status of millions of immigrants
already in our country and ensure a fair path to citizenship for those inspired
by the opportunity and ideals that we present to the rest of the world.
O’Rourke
recently met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about a different
kind of campaign in which he would toss his hat in the ring to unseat Sen. John
Cornyn (R-TX).
Nothing
in O’Rourke’s plan that was reported in the media addressed curtailing drug and
human trafficking at the border.
What's Beto's Problem with
the Constitution?
When "Beto"
O'Rourke recently
questioned whether the basic principles of the Constitution still apply in today's
world, what exactly did he mean? Which principles would he reject, and
what new principles would he substitute for our governance?
At a time when our
Constitution is increasingly attacked as unfair, immoral andobsolete, or
simply irrelevant,
the pronouncements of political figures such as O'Rourke
matter. O'Rourke is a rising star of the left and a presumed 2020
presidential candidate who, as it happens, comes
from Texas, a state with a large number of electoral votes.
To get an idea of O'Rourke's
principles, we might look to his recent failed Senate run. His campaign platform lists 17
major issue categories. Within O'Rourke's 17 categories are over 75
specific initiatives.
As might be expected, a
review of his platform's top initiatives reveals a strong alignment with the
progressive left on nearly every point: health care a "basic human
right," ensuring "guaranteed due process" as well as citizenship
for illegal immigrants, correcting "bias" in the criminal justice
system, increasing public funding for "underserved communities," "protecting"
teachers' pensions, and much more.
Within this potpourri of
regulation, handouts, and carveouts, we can discern a common thread: a
larger role for government -- specifically the federal government -- tacitly
justified by a deluge of empathy.
Yet if O'Rourke's platform
contains any actual new "principles of governance" that are somehow superior
to the Constitution's and presumably should supersede them, they are obscured
by the gratuitous empathy that motivates his initiatives. O'Rourke simply
identifies numerous "victims" and makes himself their gallant
champion.
In the realm of civics, it
is vital to be skeptical of empathy. Viewed cynically, empathy is
politically useful inasmuch as it makes it easy to seduce the persuadable to
your side, and it opens the door wide to politically useful virtue-signaling.
But viewed realistically,
empathy in civic discourse is insidious and corrosive. It is wholly incompatible
with rational judgment and sober decision-making --
hallmarks of good governance. Instead, empathy empowers a few individuals
to hijack civic priorities, irrespective of facts and in circumvention of just
process. Empathy demands compassionate action regardless of any obstacles
-- never mind that resources are always and everywhere limited. Empathy
privileges certain preferred choices over others, without regard to their
relative worthiness -- necessarily trampling the legitimate rights of the truly
worthy. Empathy silences opposing points of view, as its claim to the
moral high ground makes it virtually immune to criticism.
Does O'Rourke actually
understand the real principles at the foundation of the Constitution?
Does he appreciate their wisdom and importance?
The Founders were learned
men, keen students of human history and human nature, who had endured tyranny
firsthand. They understood human weakness and fallibility. They
observed the corrupting influence of power on leadership. They
appreciated the essential limits and inadequacies of every sort of governance
and authority. They respected that individuals, men and women -- and only
they -- are the proper guardians of their destiny.
These are durable,
unchanging, inherent principles of humankind, and the Constitution embodies
this found wisdom. In devising a new form of government, the Founders
incorporated these understandings through a variety of structural limitations,
controls and "checks and balances" upon government, and upon those
who hold office. The Bill of Rights further embodies key concepts of
liberty, most importantly the principle of inalienable rights, that
additionally restrict the powers of the federal government. This formula
of restrained government as an enabler of unprecedented social and economic
freedom, combined with individual enterprise, produced the wealthiest and most
beneficent nation on Earth, and we are its fortunate inheritors.
Beto O'Rourke is simply
wrong to declare these principles obsolete. Human nature has not
changed. The passage of "230-plus years" since the
Constitution's adoption makes no difference whatsoever.
Is O'Rourke merely ignorant
of this basic truth? O'Rourke calls for a "discussion" on these
principles, but it is hard to see this as anything other than their implicit
rejection. More likely, holding his own views as incontrovertible,
O'Rourke arrogantly seeks to control the affairs of American citizens and will
use the power of government to achieve his ends. For such purposes the
Constitution is decidedly an obstacle and not an enabler.
But who is Beto, or any of
his philosophical predecessors and cohorts, to make intimate decisions and
judgments for others' lives, families and destinies? Election to office
is not such a license, as the Founders understood. It takes stupendous
hubris, conceit, and a wholly unjustified sense of personal righteousness, to
usurp this privilege.
Only a sound and respected
republican Constitution will prevent people like O'Rourke from putting the
government in charge of literally everything.
Texas Finds 95,000 Non-US
Citizens Registered To Vote -- 58,000 Have Actually Voted In Recent Elections
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/01/25/texas-finds-95000-nonus-citizen-registered-to-vote-58000-have-actually-voted-in-recent-elections-n2540285
On
Friday January 25, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that 95,000 individuals registered to vote in the Lone Star
State have been identified as "Non-US Citizens," meaning they are
illegally registered to vote. Further evidence brought forth by Texas Secretary of State David
Whitely confirms that 58,000 of
these individuals have broken the law and voted in "one or more"
recent elections.
“Every
single instance of illegal voting threatens democracy in our state and deprives
individual Texans of their voice," AG Paxton said in a statement. "My
Election Fraud Unit stands ready to investigate and prosecute crimes against
the democratic process when needed."
VOTER FRAUD ALERT: The @TXsecofstate discovered approx 95,000 individuals identified by DPS as non-U.S.
citizens have a matching voter registration record in TX, approx 58,000 of whom
have voted in TX elections. Any illegal vote deprives Americans of their voice.
According
to a press release issued by the Attorney General's office, while non-US
citizens are legally allowed to obtain driver's licenses and other forms of ID,
"only citizens are eligible to vote." Furthermore, the Sec. of
State's office notes that "Voting in an election in which the person knows
he or she is not eligible to vote is a second-degree felony in the State of Texas. "
Sec.
of State Whitely discovered a "total of approximately 95,000
individuals" illegally registered to vote after a year-long evaluation of
Texas county voting registrars. Today, his office announced that 58,000 of
these individuals actually voted in one or more election.
"Integrity
and efficiency of elections in Texas require accuracy of our state's voter
rolls, and my office is committed to using all available tools under the law to
maintain an accurate list of registered voters. Our agency has provided
extensive training opportunities to county voter registrars so that they can
properly perform list maintenance activities in accordance with federal and
state law, which affords every registered voter the chance to submit proof of
eligibility," Sec. of State Whitely told the media.
The
report notes that Sec. of State Whitely "immediately provided the data in
its possession to the Texas Attorney General's office, as the Secretary of
State has no statutory enforcement authority to investigate or prosecute
alleged illegal activity in connection with an election."
"Nothing
is more vital to preserving our Constitution than the integrity of our voting
process, and my office will do everything within its abilities to solidify
trust in every election in the state of Texas. I applaud Secretary of State Whitley
for his proactive work in safeguarding our elections," AG Paxton added.
Top 5 Voter Fraud Cases Along Texas Border in 2018… which are the only counties that voted for
La Raza Beto!
6:47
In a year fraught with voter fraud allegations,
many of which resulted in prosecutions across Texas, counties along the Mexican
border stood out as hotbeds for investigative activities.
Here are the top 5 voter fraud cases
along the Texas border in 2018:
1. Three arrested in
Starr County investigation for fraudulently filling in mail-in ballots–one for
a dead person.
Breitbart TV
In January, authorities arrested Ernestina Barron, 50, a Rio
Grande City school district employee, on three counts of election fraud
and three counts of a fraudulent application for a mail-in ballot for filling
out applications illegally for other voters in an earlier election. Days later,
officials charged Erika Lozano-Pelayo, 37, after
she purportedly submitted an absentee ballot for a voter who died but remained
on the voter registration rolls. A third woman, Belinda Garcia, 45, surrendered to the Starr County
Special Crimes Unit on a charge of fraudulently applying for a mail-in ballot.
She reportedly said the voter was disabled but this was not true.
2. 14 Hidalgo County residents
charged in voter fraud scheme.
A total of 14 residents were
arrested for their purported roles in a voter scheme that recruited people to
falsely claim residential addresses so they could vote in specific races and manipulate
the results of a 2017 Edinburg city election. Investigators with the Hidalgo
County DA’s office, the Texas Rangers, and Office of Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton initially arrested four of the suspects in May
2018, all of whom illegally voted in that 2017 election. One was a convicted
human smuggler serving probation who voted illegally. Two claimed to live in
the city’s limits, but, in fact, resided elsewhere. Another suspect was only
charged with making a false statement on a voter registration form. In June,
county officials charged a fifth person with two counts of illegal voting.
Then, in November, nine more were arrested. The investigation continues and
more arrests may come in 2019.
3. Non-U.S. citizen indicted
for leading “voter assistance” ring that targeted elderly and disabled voters
in Hidalgo County.
In June, a Hidalgo County grand
jury indicted Marcela Guttierrez, a non-U.S.
citizen on an illegal voting charge for misleading a voter to believe she was
demonstrating how to use a voting machine when, actually, Guttierez voted for a
slate of candidates she was paid to support in a June 2016 Hidalgo city runoff
election. Two of her fellow campaign workers, Sylvia Arojano and Sara Ornelas,
also were charged with seven counts of unlawfully assisting voters. Reportedly,
Arojano is married to a school board member for the Hidalgo County school
district.
4. Poll watcher accuses Hidalgo
city official of unlawfully assisting a voter in the 2018 midterm.
In December, the Texas Secretary of
State escalated a voter fraud complaint
to Paxton’s office. A poll watcher accused Hidalgo City Councilman Rodolfo
“Rudy” Franz of unlawfully assisting a voter during the 2018 midterm election’s
early voting period. The complaint alleged that Franz suggested and instructed
the voter on who to vote for on their ballot even though Franz was asked
multiple times by election workers to stop.
5. Texas Democratic Party
accused of encouraging noncitizens to vote in 2018 November midterm in Rio
Grande Valley.
An October complaint accused the Texas Democratic Party of
mailing “altered” voter registration applications to noncitizens in the Rio
Grande Valley. The mailers allegedly had the U.S. citizenship box pre-checked,
creating false claims to voter eligibility. The document urged recipients to
vote in the November midterm election. The box asking if a voter will be 18
years of age on or before election day also was pre-filled. The Public Interest
Legal Foundation, an election integrity law firm, alerted Starr and Hidalgo
county district attorneys, Paxton, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos, and
the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) about the complaint. Subsequently,
Pablos referred the complaint to Paxton’s
office for further investigation.
While Texas border voter fraud
cases permeated Breitbart News coverage, other high profiles cases in the Lone Star State garnered
honorable mentions:
Texas AG to prosecute three
indicted on nine counts of voter fraud in Nueces County 2016 Democratic primary
runoff.
Paxton announced his office would
prosecute three residents indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of voter
fraud stemming back to a May 2016 Nueces County Democratic primary runoff
election. County Clerk Kara Sands presented data to a local
commissioners court in January that unmasked the alleged voter fraud.
Salvadoran illegal immigrant
living in East Texas since the 1980s was indicted on voter fraud and
immigration violations charges.
In June, Texas prosecutors indicted Salvadoran national Mario
Obdulio Orellana, 57, who lived illegally in the state since the 1980s.
Officials said Orellana purportedly falsified documents to obtain a U.S. birth
certificate, applied for and received a U.S. passport and a Social Security
number. Prosecutors said Orellano claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he
registered to vote and fraudulently cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential
election.
Mexican national faces
deportation after pleading guilty to voter fraud in Texas.
In September, Mexican national Laura
Janeth Garza, 38, pleaded guilty to voter fraud charges
for voting in three election cycles, including 2016. She did so by stealing a
Texan’s identity to obtain a U.S. passport and Social Security number. The
American citizen victim learned about the fraud when she tried to apply for a
passport in her own name and discovered Garza already did so. Garza was
sentenced to 10 years in jail, after which she will be deported.
Texas AG: Democratic Party
leader funded “voter fraud ring” in Tarrant County.
In October, Paxton’s office indicted four North Texas women
for their alleged roles in a “voter fraud ring” that targeted the elderly in
select northern Fort Worth precincts during the March 2016 Democrat Party
primary election. Subsequently released court documents revealed the ringleader, Leticia
Sanchez, 57, allegedly paid her co-defendants with funds provided by the then
Tarrant County Democratic Party Executive Director, Stuart Clegg. The scheme
reportedly intended to influence the outcome of certain down-ballot races.
Allegedly, they did this by “seeding” or proliferating mail-in ballots through
forged signatures and altering historical applications, then resubmitting them
without the voter’s knowledge.
In Texas, illegal voting is a second
degree felony punishable up to 20 years in $10,000 fine. Making a false
statement on a voter registration application is a Class B misdemeanor.
FORMER MEXICAN
PRESIDENT ENDORSES BETO O’ROURKE
Saagar Enjeti | White
House Correspondent
Former Mexican
President Vicente Fox came out in support of Democratic Texas Senate
candidate Beto O’Rourke, in a Thursday evening tweet.
.@BetoORourke, what a candidate you are! You not only understand America, you know about
humanity. This is what the U.S. needs: someone compassionate yet firm. I stand
with you because I believe you’re what America needs. pic.twitter.com/xccqvXFfk9
Fox served as the
Mexican president from 2000 to 2006 and has been an outspoken critic of
President Donald Trump. The former Mexican president’s comments follow
O’Rourke’s appearance at a CNN town hall Thursday evening and a debate with
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Fox has often unleashed
profanity laced pronouncements aimed at Trump,
particularly on Trump’s declaration that the U.S. will make Mexico pay for his
proposed wall along the southern border.
“I’m not going to pay
for that fucking wall,” Fox declared in a Fusion TV
interview. In another profane tweet Fox urged Trump to “get his shit together.”
.@realDonaldTrump, you’ve got to get your shit together: migrants are people who have left
everything behind – not by choice, to pursue a better life. You must show
compassion and humanity. your golden head and a #FuckingWall won’t stop these people’s dreams
and hopes. https://t.co/JC1NETBKqP
Texas Democrats asking non-citizens to
vote
The Public Interest Legal Foundation has alerted the Justice
Department to a gambit by Texas Democrats to get non-citizens to vote.
The state party sent out a voter registration form asking
non-citizens to sign up, with the citizenship box already checked
"yes."
The Public Interest Legal Foundation
alerted district attorneys and the federal Justice Department to the
pre-checked applications, and also included a signed affidavit from a man who
said some of his relatives, who aren't citizens, received the mailing.
"This is how the Texas Democratic
Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election
cycle," said Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the PILF, a group that's
made its mark policing states' voter registration practices.
The Texas secretary of state's office said
it, too, had gotten complaints both from immigrants [sic] and from relatives of
dead people who said they got mailings asking them to register.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to
investigate.
"If true there will be serious
consequences," he said.
This is an open invitation for voter fraud on a large scale, and
the way the Democrats went about it defies belief:
The applications were pre-addressed to
elections officials, which is likely what left many voters to believe they were
receiving an official communication from the state.
But the return address was from the State
Democratic Executive Committee, and listed an address in Austin that matches
the state Democratic Party's headquarters.
The letter is emblazoned with
"Urgent! Your voter registration deadline is October
9." It continues: "Your voter registration application is
inside. Complete, sign and return it today!"
On the application, boxes affirming the
applicant is both 18 and a U.S. citizen are already checked with an
"X" in the Yes field.
The mailing also urges those who are
unsure if they're registered to "Mail it in."
Dead people were also being asked to vote.
Sam Taylor, spokesman for Texas's
secretary of state, said they heard from people whose relatives were receiving
mail despite having passed away 10 years ago or longer. One woman
said her child, who'd been dead 19 years, got a mailing asking to register.
"It looks like a case of really bad
information they are using to send out these mailers," Mr. Taylor said.
Mr. Taylor is being very charitable. I doubt very much
whether it's "bad information" being used by Democrats.
How many other state Democratic Parties send out similar requests
to non-citizens and haven't been caught? Are we to believe that one
party in one state came up with this idea all on its own? Perhaps,
but not likely.
Many liberals believe that anyone in the United States – citizen
or non-citizen – should be able to vote. If they want to make that
argument and change the law to make it happen, they are more than welcome to
try. Of course, if they run on that issue, they will get slaughtered
at the polls. So instead of going to the American people and working
to change the law, they try an underhanded dirty trick to achieve the same
goal.
Someone should go to jail for this ruse.
Safe Spaces: How Sanctuary
Cities are Giving Cover to Noncitizens on the Voter Rolls
Public Interest Legal Foundation, August
2018 https://publicinterestlegal.org/files/Safe-Spaces_Final.pdf
ICE Releases
Hundreds of Migrants in Texas over Christmas
26 Dec 201853
2:08
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has
released hundreds of migrants in El Paso, Texas over the past few days,
including 186 on Christmas Day.
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), who lost his Senate bid to incumbent
Republican Ted Cruz, is cited in the story as being instrumental in making sure
ICE informs city officials of impending releases.
“As a result, nonprofits were a bit
more prepared for the large intake,” CBS4 reported.
“They’re coming from immigration
cells, so they’re coming hungry, they’re coming thirsty, most haven’t bathed in
a long time. The situation is really difficult for them,” Dylan Corbett,
executive director of Hope Border Institute, said in the CBS4 story.
The report also includes comments
from “Ingrid,” who is from Honduras and brought her 4-year-old son with her to
the U.S. border.
“I mean, it’s unreal, like a dream,”
Ingrid said. “They gave us clothes, food, everything. I really didn’t expect
this, thank you so much.”
The CBS4 report included a statement
from ICE:
After decades of inaction by
Congress, the government remains severely constrained in its ability to detain
and promptly remove families with no legal basis to remain in the U.S. To
mitigate the risk of holding family units past the timeframe allotted to the
government, ICE has curtailed reviews of post-release plans from families
apprehended along the southwest border. ICE continues to work with local and
state officials and NGO partners in the area so they are prepared to provide
assistance with transportation or other services.
O’Rourke tweeted his support for hundreds of undocumented people
into American communities.
Cuban Illegal Border Crossings Up 1600 Percent in One Texas Sector
3:19
Officials in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector reported a 1,600 percent increase in the number of Cuban migrants apprehended after illegally crossing the border from Mexico.
In the first seven months of Fiscal Year 2018, Del Rio Sector border patrol agents only apprehended seven Cuban nationals who illegally crossed the Rio Grande to enter Texas. So far this fiscal year, that number jumped to 119 — a 1,600 percent increase, according to information provided by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials.
“Migrants seeking entry into the United States need to present themselves at a Port of Entry to be lawfully admitted,” Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Randy Davis said in a written statement. “This recent trend in the Del Rio Sector area of responsibility of Cuban Nationals crossing the border illegally between the POEs highlights the complexity of the immigration problem and the need for an immediate solution.”
Agents in this sector have apprehended more than 23,000 migrants from at least 30 countries, other than Mexico, during the first seven months of this fiscal year which began on October 1, 2018. This represents an increase in total apprehensions of “Other than Mexican” of about 450 percent, officials reported.
Just down the river in the Laredo Sector, hundreds of African migrants are waiting to cross into the U.S., Breitbart News reported. A large group of African migrants gathered on the south side of the Laredo Port of Entry to protest U.S. immigration policies that are keeping them from entering the U.S. to claim asylum. The group claims that “not enough is being done” to help them get asylum into the U.S.
Laredo Sector officials told Breitbart News last week that so far, none of the African migrants have apparently attempted to illegally enter the U.S.
The group of African migrants expressed frustration about having to wait in Mexico to legally make their way into the U.S. where they can claim asylum. The group told Mexican authorities that Cuban migrants are getting preferential treatment.
Associated Press reports that 13,000 migrants are camped out in eight Mexican border communities, waiting for their opportunity to enter the U.S. and make a claim for asylum. The largest numbers are in shelters in Tijuana (4,800) and Ciudad Juarez (4,500). The remainder are scattered by the hundreds in Mexicali, San Luis Rio Colorado, Nogales, Piedras Negras, Reynosa, and Matamoros, the AP stated.
In response to the protests of the African migrants waiting in Nuevo Laredo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials released a statement published by KGNS.
“The number of inadmissible individuals CBP is able to process varies based upon case complexity; available resources; medical needs; translation requirements; holding/detention space; overall port volume; and ongoing enforcement actions.”
CBP goes on to say, “Port of entry facilities were not designed to hold hundreds of people at a time who may be seeking asylum. And we are also charged with keeping the flow of legitimate trade and travel.”
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for the Breitbart Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Face book.
Beto O’Rourke: Allow CEOs to Import Endless Foreign Workers
7:03
Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says employers should be able to hire foreign workers instead of Americans whenever there are “labor demands.”
The labor policy announced by the Texas Democrat would allow U.S. employers to replace millions of Americans with cheap foreigners whenever Americans ask for more pay, better working conditions, or family leave.
The replace-Americans policy was buried in O’Rourke’s repetition of the progressive claim that the United States is a nation of immigrants and his call for two amnesties. “Let us rewrite our immigration laws in our own image,” O’Rourke declared in a May 21 CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa. Ge continued:
Let us reflect our values, our reality, the best interests and traditions of this country that is compromised of immigrants, and asylum seekers and refugees. Free every one of the more than one million dreamers [illegal migrants] from any fear of deportation by making them U.S. citizens here in their homeland and then give others who are laboring in the shadows right now, working some of the toughest jobs that we can imagine. Let’s bring them out of the shadows, allow them to contribute to their full potential, put them on a path to citizenship, and ensure that our visa quotas match the labor demands we have here, our desire to have families be able to reunite, and have everyone contribute to the share greatness and success of this country.
The progressive audience applauded O’Rourke’s plan to allow coast-to-coast outsourcing of their jobs and their children’s’ jobs.
Watch from 2:22:
Beto’s replace-American, hire-foreigner policy matches the recommendations of the staff working for former President George W. Bush, also from Texas.
Employers should be allowed to freely hire foreign graduates for middle-class jobs, according to the Bush Center’s November 2018 recommendations. “Congress and the Administration should eliminate, or at least increase, the visa cap” for foreign college graduates, because “Industries like agriculture, construction, landscaping, and hospitality rely on low-skilled foreign workers to fill vacant jobs … A higher cap [on the inflow of workers] tied to labor market demand would better serve the needs of American businesses.”
If Americans’ wages and salaries begin to rise, the imported labor will be rushed in to end the labor shortage, the Bush recommendations suggest. Imported labor would spread through the economy where rising “wage levels signal where the most pressing labor needs exist,” the recommendations say.
The center’s open border for business plan echoes the repeated efforts by President George W. Bush to enact a pro-investor “any willing worker” law which would allow employers to hire anyone from around the world whenever Americans declined to take jobs offering low wages. Bush’s “any willing worker” plan was blocked in 2001, so he backed amnesties in Congress in 2006 and 2007 which created the open-ended “Probationary Z Visa.”
The Z visa plan offered work permits to all migrants who reached the United States within one year — and gave border officials just 24 hours to prove the migrants’ documents were fakes. The ambitious proposal quickly failed.
In 1990, Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, signed an immigration deal that roughly tripled the legal immigration rate, shifted wealth from wage earners to investors, and spiked stock market values.
O’Rourke’s American-replacement speech echoed the progressives claim that the United State is a “Nation of Immigrants,” not a nation of Americans and their children. In an October 2018 article for Time magazine, Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy explained the government-boosting Cold War origin of the “Nation of Immigrants” claim:
Few felt it as deeply as President John F. Kennedy. In his 1964 book A Nation of Immigrants, recently re-released, my great-uncle outlines the compelling case for immigration, in economic, moral, and global terms. “The abundant resources of this land provided the foundation for a great nation,” he writes. “But only people could make the opportunity a reality. Immigration provided the human resources.”
The book was published one year before Congress junked the low-immigration rules which the public had won in the 1920s. In place of those 1920 rules, which helped to boost wages and salaries until the early 1970s, Congress in 1965 opened up the immigration gates, so flooding the labor market with roughly 45 million legal and illegal migrants.
Since 2016, Donald Trump’s low-immigration “Hire American” policy has helped to push voters’ wages up by three percent nationwide during 2018. Wages rose by 4.6 percent for people who switched jobs, and by 5.2 percent in Minnesota where migrants have increased the labor force by only ten percent. Wages barely climbed during 2018 in states that have a large percentage of imported labor.
Trump’s wage gain for American families is dismissed by many upper-income progressives who are welcoming the flood of Central American illegal migrants into the blue-collar economy.
The wage gain is being dismissed because many progressives now argue that racism is the root cause of the United State’s economic and racial disparities, and is the primary motivator in the nation’s immigration policies. This moral fervor began around 2012, and is dubbed “The Great Awokening.” Politically, the claim allows wealthy progressives and post-graduate professionals to elevate their perceived social status by smearing many Americans as deplorable racists. In part, Trump was elected in 2016 by the popular rejection of the snobbery.
Ironically, salary gains for white-collar professionals have lagged behind blue-collar gains in Trump’s economy. One cause of this disparity is that a wide variety of employers employ a population of at least 1.5 million white-collar, non-immigrant visa-workers, hired via the H-1B, OPT, L-1, and other visa programs.
Background numbers to know:
Each year, roughly four million young Americans join the workforce after graduating from high school or university.
But the federal government then imports about 1.1 million legal immigrants and refreshes a resident population of roughly 1.5 million white-collar visa workers — including roughly one million H-1B workers — and approximately 500,000 blue-collar visa workers.
The government also prints out more than one million work permits for foreigners, tolerates about eight million illegal workers, and does not punish companies for employing the hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants who sneak across the border or overstay their legal visas each year.
This policy of inflating the labor supply boosts economic growth for investors because it ensures that employers do not have to compete for American workers by offering higher wages and better working conditions.
This policy of flooding the market with cheap foreign white-collar graduates and blue-collar labor shifts also enormous wealth from young employees towards older investors even as it also widens wealth gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, and hurts children’s schools and college educations. It also pushes Americans away from high-tech careers and sidelines millions of marginalized Americans, including many who are now struggling with fentanyl addictions. The labor policy also movesbusiness investment and wealth from the heartland to the coastal cities, explodes rents and housing costs, shrivels real estate values in the Midwest and rewards investors for creating low tech, labor-intensive workplaces.
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