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Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-Ill.) is facing aggressive attacks from her Republican colleagues and other right-wingers over recent comments she made about her Guatemalan heritage.
Last week, Ramirez had traveled to Mexico City, along with other members of congress, to attend an event at the second annual Panamerican Congress held in the Mexican capital. Speaking from a podium during her visit, a video clip shows the Illinois Democrat at one point expressing pride in her Guatemalan ancestry, saying the following in Spanish, which essentially translates to English as: Let me finish by saying a few words in Spanish because Im a proud Guatemalan before I am an American.
Republicans have expressed outrage over Ramirezs comments after a seven-second clip of her remarks from the event made rounds on social media.
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security shared the short clip of Ramirez speaking to its official account on X, formerly Twitter, with a quote attributed to President Theodore Roosevelt that read, in part: We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/delia-ramirez-deported-goog_n_6894daade4b015bc2504a668
They don't get it and never will.
GreenWave
(12,217 posts)They morph into dime store (now dollar?) demagogues.
ProfessorGAC
(75,711 posts)...St. Patrick's Day & Columbus Day parades, since being proud of one's heritage is now bad.
Or does this allegiance rule only apply to heritages not from Europe?
Deuxcents
(25,364 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,459 posts)
keep_left
(3,143 posts)...who constantly speak of being "Catholics first and Americans second"!
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Celerity
(53,554 posts)rabid to go after her is that she is a member of The Squad.
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The squad was initially composed of four members elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
The grouping expanded to six following the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, with newly elected Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri joining.
Following the 2022 elections, the squad grew to nine with the addition of Greg Casar of Texas, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, and Delia Ramirez of Illinois.
After the 2024 elections, the group reduced to seven, as Bowman and Bush were defeated in their primaries and left at the beginning of the 119th Congress.
sakabatou
(45,722 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,639 posts)in Moscow, cavorting with Putin? Still hearing crickets from these fucking racist hypocrites.
littlemissmartypants
(31,459 posts)MagickMuffin
(18,064 posts)In America? Never. Received an answer. Perhaps thats why Kay went awol for 6 months while still collecting taxpayer money.
Her replacement isnt any better, magaboi!
FadedMullet
(644 posts).......don't want one and prefer to maintain their outrage.
dickthegrouch
(4,260 posts)As one might soon be demanded of them.
dickthegrouch
(4,260 posts)ShazamIam
(3,009 posts)Renew Deal
(84,650 posts)IcyPeas
(24,778 posts)Y-a-w-n
Hey republicans..... JEFFREY EPSTEIN
nuxvomica
(13,861 posts)They're the ones holding other allegiances. That would be an interesting question to ask them "Are you Trump first and America second? Please answer like Trump is watching."
Renew Deal
(84,650 posts)They act unamerican. And I think for many of them, they would easily be disloyal to the country. You can argue that they have already done so with things like Jan 6
Old Crank
(6,608 posts)Violence spewing racists.
Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)Renew Deal
(84,650 posts)She raises the question of whether she would do the right thing for the country and her constituents if there was a conflict of interest.
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)Many people called themselves a hyphenated version of their heritage, although not so much lately. She could be a Guatemalan --American. Nothing to worry about.
questionseverything
(11,529 posts)EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)It's difficult to engage when you are not clear. Is it that being Guatemalan is disquieting? I understand exactly what she said and how it sounds. Wouldn't have been my choice of words, either. But, I doubt that she is declaring allegiance to Guatemala over the US. I don't think that pride in ancestors is enough to deport an American citizen.
And, I guess I come from a time when citizens were discovering their "roots" and proudly declaring themselves this or that. It is okay to be Guatemalan, even if you have to flee to avoid death. Still a Guatemalan! And she's a citizen here. That's just her heritage.
Remember "African--American?" Remember "Mexican--American?" These terms are just a couple of examples. This has fallen out of favor, like fads go. But, it doesn't hurt in any way, as long as your head is screwed on straight. Which, Repub heads never seem to be lately.
The woman was working. Repubs would love to knock her down. Nice try. Tell them to deport the Orange Pedo--American first.
JustAnotherGen
(37,476 posts)But I don't know understand why the DHS isn't posting about the Epstein files?
angrychair
(11,639 posts)I am not listening to a damn thing a bunch of pedophiles (protect alone, you are one) have to say. Not one damn word.
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)before I am an American." Can we deport Trump, please?
Midnight Writer
(25,124 posts)Not being a Spanish speaker, I will wait until that is resolved.
The outrage sounds more like an automatic reflex from the MAGA Machine than an actual response to any real-world event.
As is so often the case