Washington – White House: GOP Immigration Remark Is ‘Unfortunate,’ Offended Many

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    An x-ray image shows 94 illegal migrants in a trailer truck discovered by police X-ray equipment at a checkpoint in Tuxla Gutierrez, Mexico, on July 23, 2013. The 78 men and 16 women were traveling in inhumane conditions and have serious injuries to their hands and legs, as well as symptoms of suffocation.
Chiapas Attorney General's Office via EPAWashington – The White House on Wednesday condemned a Republican congressman’s assertion that many immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as kids are actually running drugs.

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    White House press secretary Jay Carney said the comments from Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, “were extremely unfortunate, and I think a number of people have pointed out that they were offensive.”

    “They certainly don’t help any efforts by Republicans to improve their standing among Hispanic Americans, I would assume,” Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One as the president traveled to deliver an economic speech in Galesburg, Ill.

    King told a conservative news website that “for every one who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”

    Obama’s senior adviser, Dan Pfeiffer, wrote on Twitter that every Republican should condemn King’s remarks. A number of House Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, have already done so, with Boehner calling King’s comments “wrong.”

    King has defended what he said, telling Breitbart, a conservative news outlet, on Wednesday that “what I said is objective, it’s true and it cannot be logically challenged.”


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    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    10 years ago

    And Obama robbing from the middle class to give to the welfare bums doesn’t help his standing among white Americans.

    iamoverhere
    iamoverhere
    10 years ago

    why unfortunate, it is probably true
    if they don’t like to be called drug runners-
    LEAVE

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    10 years ago

    What is true? That for some reason children are the preferred method to transport drugs? That is nuts.

    ASimpleJew
    ASimpleJew
    10 years ago

    I believe the Obamanation would prefer to refer to these drug running youngsters as entrepreneurs. This is so can include them as part of his job creation initiative.