Kansas Democrats demand resignation of GOP rep who said immigrants should be shot

[proud2BlibKansan]

Virgil Peck, of southeast Kansas, REPUBLICAN, compared immigrants to feral pigs and said they should be shot from a helicopter.

http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/blogs/entries/democrats-peck-get-outta-town-forever/#comments

[AlinPA]

1. He will be declared as a teabagger hero and will get millions from the RNC. Republicans thrive

on that kind of talk.

[demtenjeep]

8. he is disgusting

a real piece of shit

[Solly Mack]

2. He should resign.

[demtenjeep]

3. yea, he stepped in it hugely. Even the local republican rag is pissed

Good for Gov. Sam Brownback for calling on state Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, to apologize for “joking” in a House Appropriations Committee hearing that illegal immigrants could be hunted and shot like feral hogs. “I think it’s completely inappropriate,” Brownback said. But Peck didn’t seem sorry for his comment. Nor did he seem to understand how outrageous it was, saying after the hearing that he was “just speaking like a southeast Kansas person.” Not surprisingly, news of Peck’s statement quickly spread across the country. The Hispanic group Somos Republicans in Phoenix demanded that Peck apologize, saying its members are “sick and tired of the bigotry from state legislators.” Update: Peck handed out this signed apology to his fellow House members today: “My statements were regrettable. Please accept my apology.”

Read more: http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2011/03/pecks-joke-was-offensive-outrageous/#ixzz1Gnz7sVEP

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. He ran unopposed

Can you believe it?

[demtenjeep]

5. I am seriously thinking I should run for something

but I don't play games. I say what I think and sometimes it pisses people off



I have thought of usurping our local UTW pres/vice seems they are in the BOE's pocket and I am definitely not


I have floated it in our building and all teachers have said...there would be NO question as to who I was representing!!!


but I would soooo piss off all admin

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Go for it!

I'll help from cyberspace!

[demtenjeep]

10. not sure how to get started

?

[Tx4obama]

6. Hey Peck, you regret that folks now know what you said but you still have not said you're ''sorry''

Try again!
Then resign!

[demtenjeep]

7. he is just sorry he got called on it

oh and we Kansans do NOT all think or speak this way

[demtenjeep]

11. My students wrote to the Gov and the newspapers today in their English class

My school is over 80% hispanic


The teacher said they were pissed