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Subject: Re: Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 08:16:58 -0700
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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 - there's 
already a 'rule' for that. When you register you have to be a citizen to 
do so.