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| Holder to Puerto Rican Rep: 'Wherever you're from' |
| 2012-02-03 |
| If you need confirmation that Republicans on the House Oversight committee got under Attorney General Eric Holder's skin today at the hearing on Fast and Furious, just look at this response he gave to Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who grilled Holder about his own previous statements. Specifically, note Holder's comment that "maybe this is the way you do things in Idaho, or wherever you're from." Labrador, who is Puerto Rican, faced off in 2010 against a primary opponent who insisted in a debate that Puerto Rico is a foreign country. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #9 I'll just go wid "YOOHOO, ERIC - **** COUGH **** COUGH **** COUGH *** ....D *** NGED AM HASH BROWN"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-02-03 19:15 |
| #8 Sounds like Holder was using a roundabout way to say 'coconut'.... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-02-03 14:45 |
| #7 I can only imagine the outcry from the media and liberals if a Republican had said that. |
| Posted by: OCCD 2012-02-03 13:18 |
| #6 Importantly, Holder was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, and his father was from Barbados, but he was raised in Queens. The vast majority of Puerto Rican immigrants lived in the Bronx, Brooklyn and East Harlem. So it is likely that Holder has known many Puerto Ricans, and also knows how to insult them. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-03 10:25 |
| #5 Holder should be cited for contempt of Congress |
| Posted by: Vespasian Panda3605 2012-02-03 10:24 |
| #4 "note Holder's comment that 'maybe this is the way you do things in Idaho, or wherever you're from.'" "I'm from Idaho, Mr. Holder - the one on this planet, not whatever planet you're from." |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-03 09:31 |
| #3 he's not from Holder's "my people" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-02-03 09:27 |
| #2 I donated to help Raul get elected. Nice to see it bearing fruit. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-03 09:26 |
| #1 Weren't the Dems courting the idea of making them the, umm, 58th state a couple of years ago? Shows you what they really care about. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-02-03 09:03 |