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Texas Dem Representative to Trump: 'Take Your Border Wall and shove it'
[Breitbart] A Democrat Texas congressman told Donald Trump to take the border wall and "shove it up your ass."

"Mr. Trump, you’re a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass," Congressman Filemon Vela (D-TX) wrote in an open letter to Mr. Trump Monday morning. The comment comes at the end of a lengthy litany of complaints against the presumptive GOP nominee written from his campaign office obtained by Breitbart Texas and attached below.

Filemon represents the southeastern most district of Texas that includes the border community of Brownsville, just across the river from Matamoros, Mexico, the scene of a violent civil war between members of the Gulf Cartel fighting for control of the region. Breitbart Texas has reported extensively about the violence in this area.

A spokesman for the Vela campaign told Breitbart Texas, "We are getting a lot of interest about ’The Letter.'"

He begins the letter with areas where he agrees with Trump ‐ Veterans issues, cartel violence and corruption in the Mexican government, and criminal illegal alien felons who "should be immediately deported." He says there are even other areas upon which he would agree.

However, your ignorant anti-immigrant opinions, your border wall rhetoric, and your recent bigoted attack on an American jurist are just plain despicable.

The letter, written in English and Spanish, delves into the history of Americans of Mexican descent and says Trump mistakenly refers to them as "Mexicans." He says many of them have valiantly served the United States in every conflict since the Civil War. He then goes on to list some Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2016 02:51 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Are we swirling the 'Reconquista' drain and don't yet know it ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2016 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  I think you know it---the majority just won't admit it.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/07/2016 3:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, we already have our very own 'Two State Solution' in progress.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2016 3:13 Comments || Top||

#4  I'll go for the Danzig San Diego I-10 corridor.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/07/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Vela was born in Harlingen, Texas and raised in Brownsville, Texas. His father, Filemon Bartolome Vela, Sr., was a long-serving United States federal judge. The Reynaldo G. Garza-Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse in Brownsville is named in Judge Vela's honor. His mother, Blanca Sanchez Vela, served as Brownsville’s first female mayor from 1999 to 2003.

El Patron
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/07/2016 11:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Decades of pandering by irresponsible politicians like the Bushes and the Clintons have given these people the notion they have a right to break our laws. They think they should be able to smuggle drugs and people with impunity and anyone who objects is a racist. They need to be disabused of that notion.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/07/2016 13:06 Comments || Top||

#7  I used to regard it as a running joke when one of the regulars here (I forget who) commented that the Democrats are trying to replace the voters with others. it took a bit of time, but this---inDUHvidual's--- open letter helped me see how literally true it is. Essentially, the demoncrat argues that since Mexican American CITIZENS have helped and contributed to the US in the past positively, that Mexican MEXICAN people (non American Citizens) are deserving of equal, if not more, regard than American CITIZENS.

If the border wall was being built on the Mason-Dixon line to isolate some American citizens from the rest of the United States, then I would rightly be upset, but its being built to keep out Mexican Citizens (who are not American Citizens), who are clearly depriving American Citizens of benefits.

This Demoncrat is part of a rebellious government that seeks to disenfranchise the citizens it is supposed to serve. Take what happened at the trump rally in California: American citizens beaten and intimidated by non-American citizens, and representatives of the local AMERICAN government refuse to protect American citizens.

Recall that the Nazis, when they began their persecutions of the German Jews, were doing it against THEIR OWN CITIZENS first. That's the tripwire, and governments run by democrats have repeatedly tripped that wire in our country for a long time.

My apologies for not catching on earlier.
Posted by: ptah || 06/07/2016 13:11 Comments || Top||

#8  #5 Or another limousine liberal.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/07/2016 14:17 Comments || Top||

#9  And the more Trump calls them on it the nastier they get. No matter what else happens, he has forced them to reveal themselves for what they are.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/07/2016 14:17 Comments || Top||

#10  Ebbang Uluque6305 says, "They think they should be able to smuggle drugs and people with impunity and anyone who objects is a racist."

Actually I think the politicians know they can spin Trump's comments anyway they want and be believed by Dem voters. They are amping up the rhetoric hoping for turnout so they don't lose their jobs (or at least the cushy assignments on various panels controlled by the majority party). Decades of not countering the bull has led to this.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/07/2016 14:55 Comments || Top||

#11  It's like a dog. If you let him sleep on the couch often enough he starts to think it's his bed.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/07/2016 15:56 Comments || Top||

#12  The only way a Border wall gets built is if Trump pays for it himself. So the whole conversation seems silly.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 06/07/2016 18:43 Comments || Top||

#13  I wonder if this Representative locks their door at night. Or if they live in a gated community.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/07/2016 18:57 Comments || Top||

#14  This has to do with Texas politics as well. The Dems want Austin.
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 || 06/07/2016 19:35 Comments || Top||


Cal Thomas: Hillary and the '€˜what if' scenarios
[Wash Times] Some believe that soon after Tuesday's final presidential primaries the FBI will interview Hillary Clinton about her handling of emails while she was secretary of state. What comes next is the subject of much speculation.

One of the better speculators is Bradley Blakeman, who served as a member of President George W. Bush’s White House staff.

We spoke in the "green room" at Fox News before our separate interviews. The following is culled from our conversation.

Mr. Blakeman says the FBI has deliberately waited to interview Hillary Clinton until after the primaries because the bureau did not want to interfere with the nominating process. He thinks the FBI is "likely" to recommend to the Department of Justice whether or not she should be indicted for violating what she says are agency rules and what others call the law between now and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which begins July 25.

If she is indicted before the convention, Mr. Blakeman says, it will give the party an opportunity to make changes in the rules that could result in an alternate nominee.

Here is the intriguing part about Mr. Blakeman's scenario: "If a grand jury is empaneled, or if she were to be indicted before the convention, the Democrats would have to let her go." If an indictment were to come after the convention, he says, it presents a different problem because each state needs to certify their ballots before November. If an indictment occurs after the states have certified their ballots, it would be nearly impossible to replace Hillary Clinton with another candidate.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2016 02:27 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ....or the Champ quietly moves into his third term while all of this is sorted out in the courts.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2016 2:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Hillary Clinton will never be indicted.

Anyone in the halls of government who tries will be disappeared.
Posted by: no mo uro || 06/07/2016 7:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Here is the intriguing part about Mr. Blakeman's scenario: "If a grand jury is empaneled, or if she were to be indicted before the convention, the Democrats would have to let her go."

Why? This would be true if Hillary were a Republican; the cry for her to step aside would be deafening. But for a Democrat? I don't think so. To most Democrats, a Hillary indictment would merely be proof that she's a poor, helpless victim of that ancient, evil cabal: the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

I predict that if Hillary is indicted, Democrats will flock to the polls in droves come November to vote for her.
Posted by: Dave D. || 06/07/2016 10:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Now that SHE has the delegates this will lose steam.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/07/2016 11:24 Comments || Top||

#5  If endicted before the primary the super-delegates would quickly switch allegiances and give Bernie the nomination.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/07/2016 13:04 Comments || Top||

#6  the Champ quietly moves into his third term

I don't see it. Even the little he does now is cutting unacceptably into his golf time. He wants to be president emeritus, courted to be Secretary-General of the UN, making big money for small speeches like Bill Clinton.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/07/2016 13:31 Comments || Top||

#7  NOt Obama, but the rumors of Biden being put up as candidate would suddenly become credible. Unfortunately for the Dems if it doesn't happen soon he won't be on the ballot and joe Democrat can't even name the Vice President on a multi-choice quiz.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/07/2016 14:10 Comments || Top||

#8  Regardless, the indictment before or after the convention, will contaminate the election process for president. Can't be helped. Think about it. We have gone through this long primary, supposedly to select the person that will run as the Party's candidate for President.

Now, if the nominee is indicted before the convention, that person can still run, just with a bunch of lawyers throwing continuances at the court. Same for after the convention. If things look really bad in the indictment, then the nominee could step down, but does not have to. This can drag out to next year. You could even have a president taking office and still under indictment.

If a candidate steps down, gets incapacitated, or removed from the gene pool, then we are in new territory. Where is the authority to run a new candidate to replace the selected one? This country will have one hell of a fight on our hands. The issue is power, but it is mainly who controls the money. There is the control at stake of trillions of dollars. One hell of a fight with super high stakes. Newest untrodden territory since 1861.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 06/07/2016 20:48 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Militant challenge
[DAWN] THE end of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
has been speculated about for a while. On occasion, the military has suggested that it will be an open-ended operation, with counter-insurgency in North Wazoo morphing into counterterrorism operations in the cities. However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
Gen Raheel Sharif
..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all....
’s comments to the Formation Commanders’ Conference on Thursday would appear to suggest that the military has a definite timeline in mind when it comes to the conclusion of Zarb-e-Azb -- and that the end of the operation may only be months away. If the operation does come to a close soon, it would be a milestone in Pakistain’s fight against militancy. While other major operations have been fought in the past -- in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and South Waziristan in particular -- North Waziristan, both for operational reasons and for those of perception, had come to be regarded as a kind of final frontier: wresting North Waziristan away from hard boyz and re-establishing the state’s writ in the agency would signal a return to a more internally secure Pakistain. The bravery and sacrifices of the soldiers who have fought in Zarb-e-Azb deserve the highest praise.

Yet, great challenges remain in the fight against militancy. While the banned TTP and affiliated groups may be decimated, the full spectrum of militancy continues to pose significant threats. There is also, beyond military operations and counterterrorism actions, the more complicated tasks of counter-extremism and de-radicalisation. Therefore, the end of Zarb-e-Azb, necessary as it may be, should bring with it some clarity and direction in the next phase of the long war. The National Action Plan may have a great deal of merit but it appears to have been virtually abandoned by both the political and military leaderships. In any case, NAP does not provide a phased approach, one that creates a road map in the post-Zarb-e-Azb security situation. Unhappily, if the absence of a declared road map is worrying enough, the means to create one is even more in doubt at the moment. From Zarb-e-Azb, the next logical step was to tackle the bully boy infrastructure in Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

-- and the infrastructure of all bully boys, not just those who have taken up arms against Pakistain. But the government does not appear to regard militancy in Punjab as a serious matter, while the security establishment seems uninterested in shutting down anti-India bully boy groups that are based in the province but that have spread their networks across the country. Surely, the nation’s security demands a less myopic approach.
Posted by: Fred || 06/07/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan



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