Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 17:32:08 -0700 Message-ID: References: <3VGdnVd9D5SbUaL7nZ2dnZfqn_UAAAAA@giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 00:32:08 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="193574"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.2.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:imPCyxh6B7ut04TT3hRNNRlY9t0= X-User-ID: eJwFwQEBwCAMAzBLwLqOyvkH9S+BJIOTXWAS6TQLOL8QYWjVzWPU9se2fEesqYaGtRs3mg8UnBD4 In-Reply-To: <3VGdnVd9D5SbUaL7nZ2dnZfqn_UAAAAA@giganews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4774 Lines: 77 On 5/11/2024 12:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > suzeeq wrote: >> On 5/11/2024 7:49 AM, shawn wrote: >>> On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:33:05 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>> >>>>> But no, the Dems aren't trying to dilute your vote and change the >>>>> demographics of the nation. >>>> >>>>> Pshaw! That's just nonsense. >>> >>> Even without the influx of Hispanics into the country it makes sense >>> for both parties, Democrats and Republicans, to court those Hispanic >>> voters. Ignoring them makes no sense in the long run. Assuming that >>> the majority are going to end up voting Democrat also doesn't make >>> sense. It will be years before anyone entering the country from >>> South/Central America will be able to vote so it will be the policies >>> in place at that time that are more likely to impact which party they >>> tend to vote for. >>> >>>>> ----------------- >>>>> President Biden referred to illegal aliens as "voters" during an interview >>>>> on a Spanish-speaking radio show released Tuesday. >>>> >>>>> "It's even a bigger influx now in terms of Hispanic voters, or Hispanic - >>>>> Hispanic citizens, who want to become citizens," President Biden said of >>>>> the current migrant crisis. >>>> >>>> Could we have the entire quote in context of a portion of the transcript >>>> please? >>> >>> >>> Looks like BTR was quoting this Fox News article: >>> https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-roasted-freudian-slip-referring-immigration-influx-hispanic-voters >>> >>> President Biden appeared to accidentally refer to Hispanic migrants as >>> "voters" during an interview on a Spanish-speaking radio show released >>> Tuesday. >>> >>> "It's even a bigger influx now in terms of Hispanic voters, or >>> Hispanic - Hispanic citizens, who want to become citizens," President >>> Biden said of the current migrant crisis. >>> >>> He argued that the current wave of immigration is "a little bit like >>> back in the 1840s and the great exodus of Ireland, because of the >>> famine and the way Irish Catholics were treated. They said no, no, we >>> don't need any more of those folks. There was a large influx." >>> >>> "The Hispanic community is part of the future of America," Biden told >>> a host from Spanish radio show Chiquibaby this week. "Twenty-eight out >>> of every 100 students in school speak Spanish, the idea that you’re >>> gonna ignore that? That’s our future. One of the reasons that we’re >>> growing so much is we have a significant influx of immigrants coming >>> into our country, only reason our economy’s so good. We’re not a >>> xenophobic nation. Other nations are, we’re not, that’s why our >>> economy is the best in the world." >>> >>> ----- >>> It's the sort of typical miss step that people have when speaking. Fox >>> News naturally chooses to read into it some nefarious meaning when it >>> is more likely that Biden just used the wrong term by accident. After >>> all the people coming in today aren't going to be voting for some time >>> to come. >>> >> True. The Rs want to make sure the non-citizens don't vote > > Why would only Republicans want to make sure of that? Shouldn't every > American want to ensure that foreign nationals aren't swaying out > elections? > >> there's already a 'rule' for that. When you register you have to be a citizen to >> do so. > > But no enforcement of it. It's basically on the honor system. > What Adam said. There's a couple of steps where verification takes place.