Harry Reid Doubles Down on Racist Hispanic Comments; Rubio Responds (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 6:50 PM
Harry Reid doubled down on his racist Hispanic comments today. The radical far left Majority leader wants desperately to change the topic from his destructive economic agenda. So, today Reid attacked Hispanic conservatives.
Conservative Marco Rubio responded to Harry Reid’s outrageous attacks today.
The Politico reported, via FOX Nation:
Harry Reid’s campaign is not shying away from the Senate majority leader’s questioning of why “anyone with Hispanic heritage could be a Republican,” instead using it to attack GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle’s relationships with the Hispanic community.
Reid made the comment Tuesday after being asked a question about immigration at a campaign stop with Hispanic supporters.
“I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK?” Reid said. “Do I need to say more?”
Angle’s campaign seized on the comment, telling POLITICO in an e-mail that “Harry Reid cannot give any good reasons why people should vote for him, so now he is turning to race and ethnicity.”
“Reid is desperate to change the subject from the economy, which he knows is a losing issue for him,” said Angle spokesman Jarrod Agen.
But in a statement Wednesday morning, the Reid campaign doubled down on the line.
“Sen. Reid’s contention was simply that he doesn’t understand how anyone, Hispanic or otherwise, would vote for Republican candidates because they oppose saving teachers’ jobs, oppose job-creating tax incentives for small businesses, oppose investments in job-creating clean energy projects, and oppose the help for struggling, unemployed Nevadans to put food on the table and stay in their homes,” read the statement.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 89 Comments
notsurprised commented:
Let the man talk.
Who better to tell you exactly what he’s thinking?
/rhetorical
TheTaR(and feather)Czar commented:
She should ask Reid if he reads.I remember in 05 he said”this is the worst economy since the great depression”.Yeah when unemployment was around 5%,dow was over 13000,the fed govt was receiving record tax reciepts and the deficit was only about 30 billion over THIS MONTHS defecit.
She really needs to make a commercial out of that statement ,and compare and contrast then and now.
Show whats happened since dems took over congress in 07,and how its really spiraled out of control since obamanomics was forced upon us.
Chisum commented:
That’s what liberals do…double down on stupid.
And form circular firing squads.
noislamocommie commented:
Rubio is great on many issues but he will be a McCain on immigration…will not support enforcement.Bummer!
Ruebacca commented:
We sure got some great people from Cuba.
TheTaR(and feather)Czar commented:
Got this from a similar post on AoS from DrewM
“Delicious irony from the Review-Journal…Harry’s son Rory is getting destroyed in his bid to become Governor by Republican Brian Sandoval. Sandoval is Hispanic and favors Arizona’s immigration law.”
Auntie Em commented:
Harry Reid….doubling down on stupid……yet again.
I am looking forward to more gaffes and idiocy from the very racist Hairy Reed.
Joseph commented:
Using Reid’s logic, I don’t see how any Mormon could be a Democrat.
Kurt commented:
You beat me to it, TheTaR(and feather)Czar–thanks for pointing out the irony of Sandoval’s ethnicity in light of Reid’s comment.
aprilnovember811 commented:
“Sen. Reid’s contention was simply that he doesn’t understand how anyone, Hispanic or otherwise, would vote for Republican candidates because they oppose saving teachers’ jobs, oppose job-creating tax incentives for small businesses, oppose investments in job-creating clean energy projects, and oppose the help for struggling, unemployed Nevadans to put food on the table and stay in their homes,” read the statement.”
Right Harry.
clearmind commented:
This is the same Harry Reid that voted to freeze Social Security and raise Medicare fees while voting himself a raise and funding large bonuses for his staff. Nevada can be proud that they have a Senator who proudly represents the mob.
Doggy commented:
No one seems to remember that Reid also said Clarence Thomas writes like an 8th-grader! Watching Hannity last night, He and others brought up what Reid said about Obama but not Thomas. Here’s a refresher:
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/01/harry-reid-racist-flashback-called.html