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Source: Grit Post
Rep. Jason Smith (R-Missouri) has been identified as the Republican Congressman who told Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-California) to go back to Puerto Rico during a debate on the House floor.
According to The Hill, Jason Smith shouted at Cardenas in the midst of a chaotic procedural debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
While the Missouri Republican tried to suggest that he was referring to House Democrats recent trip to Puerto Rico and that the comment was directed at all Democratic members of the House, Cardenas, a Hispanic man who was born and raised in Los Angeles, disagreed.
Since I was a little boy Ive heard that blurted at me many times, Cardenas told The Hill. But its sad that anything even remotely close to that would be said to me on the floor of the House.
Read more: https://gritpost.com/congressman-jason-smith-puerto-rico/
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