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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
2023-05-13
[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
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Posted by:Skidmark

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#9  Where would they get the cat food and who would pay for it?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-05-13 11:34  

#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  

#7  Curious, what would happen if all remittances to Mexico from US were halted?
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-05-13 10:31  

#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  

#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  

#4  If he refuses to walk it back, he is a honey badger.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-05-13 09:02  

#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  

#2  Louisiana Senator John Kennedy is not related to JFK, period.
Posted by: Sgt.D.T.   2023-05-13 01:41  

#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  

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