By Matthew Boyle via Breitbart News...
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A whopping 26 Republicans...
* RINOs... REPUBLICANS IN NAME ONLY...
...joined the Democrats in Congress to vote against an
amendment to the DHS funding bill sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
That amendment aims to block funds for President Obama’s
2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), largely believed to be the
root cause of the border crisis last summer.
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) was the first Republican to
break ranks. “Ellmers is the first GOP no vote,” Politico’s Seung Min Kim
Tweeted as the vote began.
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
Ellmers has had a checkered past with immigration, and
was nearly defeated by low-profile primary challenger Frank Roche last year. He
had little money, having raised only $23,000 total through mid-April 2014 (just
a few weeks before the primary). Ellmers had raised nearly a million dollars by
that point. Nonetheless, Roche got 15,045 votes to Ellmers’ 21,412 votes —
impressive for a massively underfunded candidate.
During that time frame leading up that primary, Ellmers
stumbled many times — including getting into a live on-air altercation with
nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham.
During that March 2014 interview, Ellmers melted down
live on air under fire from calm but insistent questioning from Ingraham on
amnesty. Ellmers called Ingraham “small minded,” “ignorant,” and at one point
even adopted the third person to say “Renee Ellmers thinks for herself” when
Ingraham pressed her on why she was using talking points that the National
Council of La Raza first developed.
The other Republicans who voted against the measure,
which passed, are: Reps. Mark Amodei (R-NV), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ryan Costello
(R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Mario
Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Bob Dold (R-IL), Chris Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY),
Joe Heck (R-NV), Crescent Hardy (R-NV), John Katko (R-NY), Tom MacArthur
(R-NJ), Peter King (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Martha
McSally (R-AZ), Pat Meehan (R-PA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA),
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Fred Upton (R-MI), and David
Valadao (R-CA).
* PETER FRIGGIN' KING...
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
Congresswoman Blackburn described her amendment as
something that cuts off the magnet for future illegal immigration by
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC’s) to the United States.
“Last year, I had the opportunity to visit an
unaccompanied alien children (UAC) facility at Fort Sill and also traveled to
the southern border where I was briefed by U.S. Border Patrol agents,”
Blackburn said. “These visits confirmed what we have known all along — DACA is
the magnet drawing Central American children here. UAC’s believe they will
receive amnesty, as those before them have.”
* AND YET 26 RINOs VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS TO KEEP THE
MAGNET POWERED UP WITH U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY!
When asked on Wednesday to explain her vote against
Blackburn’s amendment and her vote against an amendment from Rep. Robert
Aderholt (R-AL) that aims to block funding for Obama’s November 2014 executive
amnesty, Ellmers’ spokesperson provided Breitbart News with a lengthy statement
from the congresswoman. In it, Ellmers makes the case for amnesty for illegal
aliens because she claims there is a shortage of American workers who can do
jobs in her district.
(But first she began by stating she’s opposed to the president’s
action — even though she voted against fighting him.)
“The vote we were forced to take today is a direct result
of the President’s unilateral executive action on amnesty. His top-down
approach to handling this matter is out of line, and I will fight tooth and
nail to put a stop to his amnesty plan,” Ellmers said.
* HOWEVER...
"However I simply cannot support legislation that is
overly broad in scope, as it has the potential to have a real, negative and
lasting impact on jobs and families in North Carolina. There are businesses in
the Second District who contract with Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) and many of these jobs could be put in jeopardy with the passing of
this legislation. Additionally, I have serious concerns about amendments to the
appropriations act, as they may remove protections for victims of sexual
assault or domestic abuse."
* THIS WOMAN IS A FRIGGIN' NUT! (BY THE WAY, FOLKS... DO
A SIMPLE WEB SEARCH FOR "NORTH CAROLINA BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT" - CHECK
OUT "NORTH CAROLINA WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT" WHILE YOU'RE AT IT. BOTTOM
LINE... NEITHER THE U.S. NOR NORTH CAROLINA NEEDS TO BE "IMPORTING"
FOREIGN WORKERS - LET ALONE FOREIGN DEPENDENTS!)
Ellmers also said she wasn’t included in discussions
about this legislation and that her voice wasn’t heard in the process. "When
discussions were had regarding this legislation, I wasn’t included and didn’t
have the opportunity to voice my concerns. But in an effort to address the
issues I had with this legislation, I offered two amendments but both were
denied a vote on the House floor. I will continue to be a leading voice in the
area of immigration reform, and I will work to find ways to reform our broken
system currently in place. I will remain vigilant as we re-enter these
discussions for FY 2016 to ensure that the priorities of the Second District
and the concerns of this legislation are resolved, and I look forward to seeing
the legislation that the Senate sends back to us."
* BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... CAN'T ANYONE DISCERN AN
ACTUAL PLAN FROM SUCH BLATHER? I KNOW I CAN'T! I CAN ONLY JUDGE THIS WOMAN ON
HER VOTES.
Ingraham isn’t buying it.
“Sadly, Ellmers is the puppet of the Chamber of Commerce
and the GOP donor class that helped rescue her reelection,” Ingraham told
Breitbart News about Ellmers’ votes against the Aderholt and Blackburn
amendments. “Betraying the U.S. working class to feather the nest of big
business is abominable and unforgivable.”
* I AGREE 100%!
Daniel Horowitz, the senior editor of the Conservative
Review, added that Ellmers hurt her constituents with this vote. "Today,
Rep. Ellmers, who previously said she ‘thinks for herself,’ betrayed her
constituents and conservatives across the nation as she rubber stamped the
Left’s amnesty plan,” Horowitz said. “Not only was her vote a vote for amnesty,
it was also a vote to allow Obama to misuse funds for a program that was
implemented unconstitutionally.”
* OH... AND BY THE WAY FOLKS... TO CAP IT ALL OFF...
Ellmers actually voted for a similar amendment from
Blackburn this past summer...
* WHEN THE DEMS STILL CONTROLLED THE SENATE AND THEREFORE
HOUSE LEGISLATION OF THIS SORT WAS "DEAD ON ARRIVAL."
...meaning this year's vote appears to be a change of
position on that issue for her — and also a change of position regarding her
vote against the amendment from Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) that aims to block
funding for Obama’s November 2014 executive amnesty.
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