Republican Rep. Mark Meadows out of North Carolina really and sincerely stepped in it with his comments on ‘not sending a bad message’ with border security. He says he’s talked with Democrats about how having a border wall is offensive to some Latinos and is concerned …
No, we’re not making this up.
Mark Meadows says he's talked w/ Dems about how the border wall is offensive to some Latinos & now wants to make sure we "secure our border without sending a bad message"
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) February 1, 2018
Dude.
Here's the full Meadows quote about his discussions with Dems on the wall pic.twitter.com/bb9t2KwnGH
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) February 1, 2018
Don’t feed their narrative.
It is not racist in any way, shape or form to want our borders SECURED, and as a Republican, he should know better.
Our government has a duty to keep us safe. I don't recall anything about a duty to keep people from being offended.
— Jen DinNJ (@JenDinnj) February 1, 2018
Silly, ain’t it?
How is a border wall offensive? Are we not entitled to secure our nation and prevent illegal border crossings? Are they equally offended when asked for ID at our airports?
— Politics101 (@NBfromLB) February 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/ubersein/status/959083308981374976
https://twitter.com/WhaleyJimmy/status/959087321349087237
Great idea! Let’s paint flowers, unicorns and pretty birdies all over the thing … but let’s build it.
https://twitter.com/Odin_Francisco/status/959104513096298496
Yeah – that’s why I lock my doors at night, to not offend any would be burglars. #GiveMeAbreak
— Tony Morocco (@AJMorocco) February 1, 2018
Yeah, we totally offended that mugger when we wouldn’t let him steal our purse.
It honestly got SO bad for Meadows in social media that his spokesman piped up:
This just means he's engaging with Dems and trying to help facilitate solutions, folks. He does that often. Meadows still supports border security which would include a wall and/or fencing. https://t.co/SyC5QcG6GB
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) February 1, 2018
But it sounds like in his own statement he’s worried about offending illegal immigrants.
Meadows' broader point: Democrats have shared with him that only focusing on the wall and not on broader abuses in the system (visa overstays, etc.) seems to single Latinos out. That's what he wants to help address.
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) February 1, 2018
Then maybe that’s what he should have said because while he was busy being worried that a border wall might send a bad message to illegal immigrants, he managed to send a bad message to Americans.
Just sayin’.
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