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'If it weren't for America, Mexicans would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent': GOP Senator John Kennedy sparks diplomatic row over 'racist' migrant comments

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Another one bites the dust.

Senator John Kennedy made the explosive remarks in a Senate hearing on the border crisis

The Republican lawmaker sparked outrage in Mexico, with both the country's president and foreign minister calling him a racist

The Louisiana senator wanted to know why the U.S. had not deployed troops to smash the drug and people-trafficking cartels

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 Mexico is a part of the Democratic Party and Lee Harvey Oswald who killed the Senator's Uncle, John F Kennedy, worked for the CIA.

Posted by Ebbimp Lover of the Trolls5787 2023-05-13 00:40|| 2023-05-13 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Louisiana Senator John Kennedy is not related to JFK, period.

Posted by Sgt.D.T. 2023-05-13 01:41|| 2023-05-13 01:41|| Front Page Top

#3 He's confused by the ones he sees in the streets of America, not grasping that the upper class white caste which rules Mexico live as well as Donk officials in California.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-05-13 07:13|| 2023-05-13 07:13|| Front Page Top

#4 If he refuses to walk it back, he is a honey badger.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-13 09:02|| 2023-05-13 09:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Guys like this Kennedy are too smart to mess up their lives by running for prexident, while idiots like Chris Christie and John Kasich are only too happy to take a shot at it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-13 09:06|| 2023-05-13 09:06|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Chris Christie and John Kasich? I thought we had a gentleman's agreement about the mention of those names on the Burg ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-13 09:10|| 2023-05-13 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Curious, what would happen if all remittances to Mexico from US were halted?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-05-13 10:31|| 2023-05-13 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Not racist. An indictment on the Mexico ruling caste. One ours seems to be jealous of.

I like the part where the president of Mexico shit his pants about Florida tightening immigration laws, like if he gave a shit people would be flocking to Mexico instead of from Mexico.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-13 10:46|| 2023-05-13 10:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Where would they get the cat food and who would pay for it?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-13 11:34|| 2023-05-13 11:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Chris Christie and John Kasich? I thought we had a gentleman's agreement about the mention of those names on the Burg ?

Yeah, and I'm not supposed to call Hillary a reptile. But sometimes you must acknowledge the unpleasant facts.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-13 11:36|| 2023-05-13 11:36|| Front Page Top

#11 "In 2021, remittances to Mexico grew 27.1% from 40.6 billion dollars in 2020 to in 2021, marking a historic high. Globally, Mexico ranked the third largest recipient of remittances in 2021 behind China and India."

"Out of all the remittances arriving in México in 2021, 94.9% came from the United States. The state of California () accounted for over ⅓ of all remittances with while Texas (15.9%) and Minnesota (7%) were the second and third largest sending states with 7.8 billion dollars and 3.4 billion dollars. In addition, the average remittance payment in 2021 grew 11.1%, equivalent to US$340 total."

Great site:

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/infographic-remittances-mexico-reach-historic-high

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-13 11:37|| 2023-05-13 11:37|| Front Page Top

#12 @#6 - B., I think we should allow mention of fatso Christie and Kasich, but only we mock them and call them names. No positive comments about them (not that we'll find any).

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-13 11:40|| 2023-05-13 11:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Over $50 billion not spent in our economy even as many receive medical, welfare and educational assistance from our social services networks.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-13 11:41|| 2023-05-13 11:41|| Front Page Top

#14 what would happen if all remittances to Mexico from US were halted?

Western Union would go broke.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-13 13:34|| 2023-05-13 13:34|| Front Page Top

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