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douglas9

(4,474 posts) Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:07 PM Feb 2021

Rep. Debbie Lesko says Americans, not Hispanics, need vaccine first; draws outrage

Rep. Debbie Lesko said Hispanics are "very good workers" but implied they are not Americans in comments she made last week during a congressional hearing on vaccine distribution plans.

Lesko, R-Ariz., who represents a West Valley congressional district that includes Sun City, said she had compassion for Hispanics, but also equated them with illegal immigrants in a broad statement condemned as insensitive from at least one of her House colleagues.

"I worked with people that are Hispanic. I mean they're very good workers," Lesko said during the hearing. "You know, we're compassionate people, but for goodness sakes, we have to take care of American citizens, or people that are here legally, first."

"I'm just not going to be able to explain to my senior citizens that we're giving away the vaccines to people that (are) here illegally. I just think that's totally wrong."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/15/rep-debbie-lesko-says-americans-not-hispanics-need-vaccine-first/6755426002/

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Rep. Debbie Lesko says Americans, not Hispanics, need vaccine first; draws outrage (Original Post) douglas9 Feb 2021 OP

that dumbas migrant needs to go back to where ever she came from Kali Feb 2021 #1

Shit damn. I hope Costa Rica doesn't treat us that way. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #2

OK you stupid b***h then what you need to do is get all vaccines first to all of the Doreen Feb 2021 #3

Maybe she should ask those Hispanic folks to procon Feb 2021 #4

I think/hope she just lost her re-election...n/t monmouth4 Feb 2021 #5

When they say what they really feel... dchill Feb 2021 #6

WTF? mzmolly Feb 2021 #7

Perhaps she just wants to keep the pandemic going. Chainfire Feb 2021 #8

I lived in Arizona for 8 years atreides1 Feb 2021 #9

Kali

(55,740 posts)

1. that dumbas migrant needs to go back to where ever she came from

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:15 PM

Feb 2021

Wisconsin I think?

LakeArenal

(29,807 posts)

2. Shit damn. I hope Costa Rica doesn't treat us that way.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:19 PM

Feb 2021

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

3. OK you stupid b***h then what you need to do is get all vaccines first to all of the

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:38 PM

Feb 2021

Indian reservations. If you want to talk who was here first. Oh, yeah, Texas....they were there first also along with other states bordering Mexico.

procon

(15,805 posts)

4. Maybe she should ask those Hispanic folks to

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:38 PM

Feb 2021

Explain how compassion works.

monmouth4

(10,140 posts)

5. I think/hope she just lost her re-election...n/t

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:38 PM

Feb 2021

dchill

(40,476 posts)

6. When they say what they really feel...

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:41 PM

Feb 2021

... it's always ugly.

mzmolly

(51,621 posts)

7. WTF?

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Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:47 PM

Feb 2021

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

8. Perhaps she just wants to keep the pandemic going.

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Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:47 PM

Feb 2021

atreides1

(16,386 posts)

9. I lived in Arizona for 8 years

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 02:54 PM

Feb 2021

Sun City is like Johannesburg, South Africa...during Apartheid...one of the most racist areas in the United States...the population there makes the deep south look like an NAACP member!!!

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