http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24...mg00000063
First, Chris Mapp who is running for Senate, claimed that ranchers should be able to shoot "wetbacks" who are sneaking onto their land. (I don't like to use racial slurs like that, but I wanted to quote his exact terminology.)
Then when questioned about it, he claimed using that specific term is as "normal as breathing air in South Texas." Speaking as someone who lives in South Texas, it's only common with ignorant white trash (which, unfortunately, does seem to be common when you get outside the urban areas).
So far, no words from him about the morality of shooting people with so little provocation. I guess his pro-life stance doesen't seem to expand to people who are actually outside a uterus.
Honestly, though, this is suicide. Not only are hispanic voters the fastest growing voter bloc in the US, but in Texas, their numbers are high enough that if the GOP doesn't do something to start appealing to them better, this state will probably turn blue within 10 years or so. Yet, he still feels comfortable making these kinds of comments while running for office.
First, Chris Mapp who is running for Senate, claimed that ranchers should be able to shoot "wetbacks" who are sneaking onto their land. (I don't like to use racial slurs like that, but I wanted to quote his exact terminology.)
Then when questioned about it, he claimed using that specific term is as "normal as breathing air in South Texas." Speaking as someone who lives in South Texas, it's only common with ignorant white trash (which, unfortunately, does seem to be common when you get outside the urban areas).
So far, no words from him about the morality of shooting people with so little provocation. I guess his pro-life stance doesen't seem to expand to people who are actually outside a uterus.
Honestly, though, this is suicide. Not only are hispanic voters the fastest growing voter bloc in the US, but in Texas, their numbers are high enough that if the GOP doesn't do something to start appealing to them better, this state will probably turn blue within 10 years or so. Yet, he still feels comfortable making these kinds of comments while running for office.
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
