Deceptive House GOP SOTU Response Tactics Don’t Go Unnoticed
Last night, after President Obama articulated his powerful vision of opportunity and prosperity for working and middle class families, Republicans quickly attacked the President, sending one message in English and the other in Spanish. They were hoping this went unnoticed but…
Fusion: GOP calls for immigration reform in Spanish, ignores it in English
NBC News: Republican Response: Immigration Message For Spanish Speakers Only
MSNBC: Republican SOTU responses get lost in translation
Talking Points Memo: GOP Mentions Immigration In Spanish SOTU Response But Not In English One
POLITICO: GOP talks immigration reform in Spanish, but not English
Huffington Post: GOP Mentions Immigration In State of The Union Rebuttal...But Only In Spanish
VOX: The GOP had two people give the SOTU response — but only one mentioned one big issue
Rep Curbelo, who delivered the address in Spanish, not only failed to condemn Rep. Steve King's outrageous and hateful attack on a guest of the First Lady but had the audacity to say that…
…We should…work through the appropriate channels to create permanent solutions for our immigration system, modernize legal immigration and strengthen our economy…now we ask [the President] to collaborate with us to get it done…
Now they say they want to act but we've seen this dog and pony show before. Speaker Boehner and the House Republican leadership…
- Abandoned the so-called GOP "immigration standards";
- Ignored the overwhelming support CIR has had across the country – and across party lines;
- Denied the bipartisan immigration reform legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Senate over 570 days ago;
- Rejected the calls from religious organizations fighting for its passage; agriculture groups urging immediate action; and hundreds of business groups advocating for reform;
- Continuously flip-flopped and created new excuses;
- Allowed extremist Members to vote more than FIVE times to block bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform – includingrepeatedlysubjecting our nation's DREAMers to deportation.