Rep Ciro Rodriguez Called “Wetback” By Anti-Reform Protestor

[babylonsister]

More class, all low.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/rep-ciro-rodriguez-targeted-with-ethnic-slurs/

The Plum LineGreg Sargent's blog
Rep Ciro Rodriguez Called “Wetback” By Anti-Reform Protestor


Looks like black and gay lawmakers aren’t the only ones being pelted with vicious slurs by folks who oppose the health reform proposal. Add a Hispanic lawmaker to the list. Trifecta!

Rep Ciro Rodriguez of Texas has confided to colleages that he was hammered by ethnic slurs by people opposed to reform passing, one of those colleagues tells me.

Rep March Kaptur told me in the hallway today that Rodriguez privately told her he’d been called “some names” back in his district. She confirmed that they were ethnic slurs, but declined to elaborate.

Separately, Kaptur said that Rep Phil Hare of Illinois had told her that someone had grabbed his jacket today, which suggests a threat of violence.

This comes after we learned that protestors screamed the “N” word at John Lewis and the “F” word at Barney Frank. Emanuel Cleaver was even spat at. Now add Rodriguez to the list.

Now look, admittedly, politics is a rough business. It’s not for the squeamish. But this stuff is way beyond the pale, and deserves serious condemnation from senior lawmakers in both parties.

I’ve checked in with Rodriguez’s and Hare’s offices for more detail, and will keep you posted if I hear back.

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Update: Rodriguez’s spokesperson, Rebeca Chapa, gets in touch to say that he was slammed as a “wetback” by an anti-reform protestor at a town meeting this week.

And another opponent called Rodriguez’ home and told the family member who answered to “go back to Mexico.”

[myrna minx]

1. Stay classy republicans.

:puke:

[my2sense]

2. Oh My Damn - they are going to wet their pants

if/when immigration becomes the focus of reform. If they can hold it together past health care reform. At least we know what we are dealing with. Racist, cowardly, ignorant neanderthals. .

[AsahinaKimi]

4. awwwwww come on..

Lets not insult the Neanderthals.. they were far more intelligent then these people ever were. They could start a fire without using match sticks. Show me a Teabagger that can do that. XD

[my2sense]

6. After second thought, you are right - I should have never insulted the

Neanderthals - they were far more advanced! What was I thinking?

:rofl:

[Gman2]

3. Only cuz there is no worse word. I half expect them to do the friends, Ross

clicking elbows together thing. They have used up all the reasonable words. Hitler, fascist, commie, satan, devil, evil, they dont know any less charged words. I am a little afraid of what they do when they know all their words mean nothing.

[WeekendWarrior]

5. God, I hate these people

I don't want to hate anyone, but they make me just fucking HATE them. Ignorant, backward, inbred idiots. Ugh.

[comrade snarky]

7. I am sorry the Rep Rodriguez and his family had to hear that

But I am glad the teabaggers are showing their true colors.

Let's hope the media run with these nice juicy, outrageous, attention getting stories because it will be the last nail in the teabagger coffin. No one who isn't already a Klan member will want to be associated with them and they'll further taint the repubs who kissed their racist asses.

[pampango]

8. Agreed. I wish we would push immigration reform now because that would cause the teabaggers and

the party of NO to flip out and show their true colors more than anything else.

Financial reform, DADT, EFCA, climate change legislation are all important too, but immigration reform will set off the baggers like nothing else none of the others. Even the just passed health care legislation just got them fired up about "socialism" but immigration reform involves "amnesty" for people of different races.

[comrade snarky]

9. I'd like to see a combination of financial and campaign finance

Reform next on the plate. I think we need that more than immigration right now.
You do make a good point though... it would be a lot of fun to watch em go into an even bigger freak-out at the idea of more brown voters.

If we could combine amnesty with DADT? Rapture!