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On May 11, 2024 at 5:32:08 PM PDT, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

> On 5/11/2024 12:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>  On 5/11/2024 7:49 AM, shawn wrote:
>>>>  On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:33:05 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>>>  <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> 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.

And yet despite what Adam said, roughly 4000 non-citizens voted in Nevada in
the last election.


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