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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 02:58 PM Nov 2018

Editorials slam GOP Senate nominee: 'Straight out of the 50s -- the 1850s'

By Dan Desai Martin - November 1, 2018

Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) is lambasted for his extreme anti-immigrant agenda as his Senate campaign falters.

Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) is running for Senate on an anti-immigrant platform so racist one editorial board blasts him for embracing policies “straight out the the 50s — the 1850s.”

Barletta is far behind in the polls, and his virulent anti-immigrant rhetoric does not seem to be motivating voters nor impressing editorial boards.

The Unionville Times endorsed Barletta’s Democratic opponent, Sen. Bob Casey, and had choice words for the misguided policies pushed by Barletta.

“Barletta’s positions would seem to be in opposition to much of those of the residents of Chester County — a county that depends on immigrant labor for much of our crucial agricultural industry,” the board wrote. “With a forward look toward an America that will likely be majority non-white within a couple of decades, it does not make sense to embrace policies, straight out of the 50s — the 1850s — in selecting a U.S. Senator.”

https://shareblue.com/lou-barletta-slammed-anti-immigrant-policies/


They must really use the Koch playbook..............after all Koch's did help fund think tanks and Universities to attack minorities .........................

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Editorials slam GOP Senate nominee: 'Straight out of the 50s -- the 1850s' (Original Post) turbinetree Nov 2018 OP
"Barletta"... hmmmm..... CurtEastPoint Nov 2018 #1

CurtEastPoint

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1. "Barletta"... hmmmm.....
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 03:04 PM
Nov 2018

Barletta was born January 28, 1956 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the son of Angeline (née Agosti) and Rocco Barletta, both of Italian ancestry.

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