Dean Calls on Republicans to Denounce Minutemen and Anti-Immigrant rally.

[madfloridian]

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/02/dean_calls_on_r_1.php

February 10, 2006
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Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement today as Republican Party extremist Tom Tancredo joined Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist for an anti-immigrant rally at the United States Capitol. Tancredo's extremist divisive views received the endorsement of Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman last July with Mehlman stating that he was "proud" to have Tancredo's extremism as part of the debate on immigration:

"If President Bush were serious about comprehensive immigration reform, he would reject the anti-immigrant fervor on display today, and revisit his half hearted guest worker program whose piecemeal approach fails to address this critical issue. I call on President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman to denounce today's divisive Minuteman rally and to join Democrats in offering a real comprehensive approach to reforming our nation's immigration policy.

"Democrats are committed to strengthening our borders and enforcing our immigration laws, but there is no place in this debate for the reckless scapegoating of immigrants, nor the private vigilantism that only fosters hostility against them. President Bush's failure to provide leadership on immigration reform and to enforce our border laws is leaving state and local governments to bear the burden. Americans need effective leadership and solutions, not the Karl Rove playbook on divisiveness.

"Voters know that together, America can do better. Democrats will never abdicate the responsibility for a real immigration policy and its enforcement to vigilantes, or exploit people's fears for political gain. Americans demand the same of the Republican Party. They can start today by condemning Tom Tancredo's and Jim Gilchrist's anti-immigrant rally."

[Mass]

1. Thank you, Governor Dean.

[MrBenchley]

2. LOL!

If the Republican party renounced bigotry, they'd be left with nearly nobody in their "tent"....

[stepnw1f]

3. lol

no shit

[bigdarryl]

4. Dean

Dean is getting to be an embarrassment for the democratic party. he's unhinged

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[JoshWatermanMN]

6. How exactly is that unhinged?

Not that I expect you to last long on this board.

Tell Free Republic we said hi!

[Lefty48197]

8. I think Dean is quite "hinged"

:popcorn:

[redherring]

7. Minutemen are a bunch of racist pigs

Thank goodness Dean has denounced these vigilantes.