Democrat Frost challenges GOP to introduce bill to remove Statue of Liberty

[babylonsister]

This won't go anywhere, but good for him!!

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4414275-democrat-frost-gop-statue-of-liberty/

Democrat Frost challenges GOP to introduce bill to remove Statue of Liberty
by Lauren Irwin - 01/17/24 3:37 PM ET


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While at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing Wednesday, Frost called out his GOP colleagues — and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) specifically — for their treatment of immigrants and their sweeping bill H.R. 2 that would dramatically restrict the asylum process and create stricter policies and surveillance on regional migration and undocumented immigrants.

Frost said immigrants deserve better than what they are being offered.

[excerpt]“Don’t welcome them if you plan to reject them. If you keep pushing your bigoted H.R. 2 bill, then also pass this bill. I’ve taken the liberty of drafting it for you,” Frost said, holding up a piece of paper. “It removes the Statue of Liberty, our largest symbol that tells people to come here.”

“This is who you are, removing the fabric of America. So, I want to know which Republican, who supports and voted for H.R.2, will introduce this bill,” he continued. “If you’re gonna support H.R.2 and these bigoted measures, the least you can do is not be a damn liar.”

Frost accused GOP lawmakers of being more interested in “peddling hate” than finding solutions that will fix the immigration system.

Republicans say that the immigration bill, which passed the House last year with no support from Democrats, is necessary to stop the thousands of migrants who are arriving at the southern border.

[Lovie777]

1. WTF..............................

[marble falls]

2. Rep Frost assumes the GOP is capable of feeling shame, when all it is, is that GOPers just have no shame ...

... and plain don't care. They only need to throw meat to their supporters.

[pwb]

3. Who picks all those Georgia peaches Mag?

Just curious? Are they all Americans?

[getagrip_already]

5. prisoners will.... if the gop gets its way

They will just convert low level crimes into a prison farm labor work force. Certain people will be sentenced straight to a farm.

More police will be hired to guard them. Assets will be seized to pay the police. Farmers will get very cheap labor. People of color will be working the fields in chains.

The good people of georgia will be happy indeed. (sarcasm dripping with disdain).

[DBoon]

9. They were always wistful for the days of slavery

Now they can have their slaves back

[yliza]

21. Prisoners and children

There’s a reason child labor laws are being relaxed in red states.

[getagrip_already]

22. watch them establish new vocational reform schools and provide kids to farms and factories as workers.......

All it will take is a referral from a school safety officer, principal, or judge.

Brilliant!

[babylonsister]

24. I never thought of that-solves

the immigration "problem".

[AllaN01Bear]

6. nobody. crops rot on the vine. happened before when they pulled this .

they also do stuff that we whites wouldnt dare do.

[babylonsister]

8. And then there's the building industry that

wouldn't survive without immigrants.

[Darwins_Retriever]

16. Florida construction is having a hard time

they rely on immigrants (documented and undocumented) for the construction industry.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Good for Maxwell Frost.

While the House MAGAts do not give a shit about people fleeing their countries with nothing more than a few possessions, draft a bill to have the Statue of Liberty removed from NY Harbor.

Remove that symbol of Freedom and breathing free from the face of the earth so that anyone seeking to come to the US will be deterred. See how many House MAGAts support such legislation. I am sure the Majority will jump at the chance to tell the world, "Fuck you! The US is now CLOSED!"

[calimary]

10. Well, how could it be anything otherwise?

That IS the way Republicans certainly seem to want it.

Hang it around their miserable necks, tied in place with a nice, big RED bow. After all, red IS their team color, isn’t it?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. The Romans wore RED so that..

The enemies of the Empire did not see them bleed.

In the case of House MAGAts, piss and venom runs in their veins.

[calimary]

12. Then maybe yellow should be their color.

Because deep down, I suspect they’re all afraid of him and don’t want to make him angry.

That volcanic anger thing is a manipulation - meant to scare and intimidate. That’s a strategy to make it easier for him to get his way. Make people just give in so as not to have to face “the wrath of false-god.”

[AllaN01Bear]

7. rs have no soul .

but yet they dont give a hoot hoot hoot about people coming in from the north.

[Dr. T]

13. MTG probably

does not know where the Statue of Liberty is located.

[Polybius]

14. MTG will just say this:

"Modify it so it's giving the finger to immigrants. It's cheaper than taking it down."

[Mustellus]

15. A Shining City on a Hill....

... surrounded by razor wire and machine gun emplacments.

[pazzyanne]

18. How low we have been taken in the last few years.

[Dorn]

17. Who said: "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."

I can't remember, I think it was Marx or maybe Hitler.

[Fritz Walter]

19. Speaking of Repug reaction to Statue Removal

The Repug members of the Jacksonville (FL) City Council are now raising questions about "last month's sudden removal of Confederate statues" from a city park (in a particularly diverse neighborhood). Their beef is that private entities paid the cost, not the City. They are working on legislation that would seek to block future donations from funding such activities without the Council's approval. The newly-elected Democratic mayor approved the removal.

The removed statue featured Confederate women, one holding the "stars and bars" and the other reading a book to children. A year ago, the Duval County School Board renamed a local high school, previously know as Robert E. Lee HS. There was even a voter referendum that showed public support behind such action.

So the statues that honor traitors and their wives/mothers are OK with them. Got it!

[SunSeeker]

20. The GOP has already removed it, for all intents and purposes. nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. Man in the High Castle

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[bagimin]

25. I love this kid! n/t