Top House Socialist Rep. Raul Grijalva Defends His Call to Boycott His Own State
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 5:29 AM
In 2010 top House Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) called on businesses to boycott his own state of Arizona.
This past weekend Rep. Raul Grijalva (R-AZ), a top House Socialist, defended his calls to boycott his own state. Grijalva spoke to Arizona state Democrats recently.
The Arizona Daily Star reported, via The Tucson Outpost:
He was asked yet again about his boycott call in 2010, in which he urged conventions and businesses to avoid Arizona in order to show how destructive SB1070 was.
As he’s done in the past, Grijalva stood behind his decision, while offering some insight about his thought-process:
“My opponents are running on the fact that ‘Oh my God, he said the ‘b’ word and he has caused all this dire consequences to come the state. Let me be unapologetic: we needed to nationalize this SB1070 issue. We couldn’t let it go in to the dark corner and just be a funny, little thing that happened in Arizona. This was a precedent, and the Supreme Court ruled on the precedent that it was unconstitutional in many aspects.”
“We asked the Attorney General to intervene, we asked the administration to intervene. And we said there is going to be economic consequences and there should be. For a state that can be this punitive, there is going to be consequences.”
“Have I taken some hits on that? Absolutely. But the unapology is about this: We are elected and sometimes, there is a direct attack, there is a direct issue that affects a group of people that are being marginalized. . . I’m not going to tolerate it. I’m going to speak up every time. I spoke up then and God willing, it will never happen again.”
Sadly, most Democrats agree with him.
UPDATE: Or, maybe not…
78% of Democrats and Independents disapprove of Raul Grijalva
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Diane Harvey commented:
Hey Jim, change that Raul Grijalva party from R to D, the D standing for Demonic.
Far too many Repubs are bad (oh lets say like McCain to just pick a name), and we’re trying to get rid of them. But lets not take on one as ugly as Grijalva.
Granny commented:
Dang! 2010 was a long time ago. I couldn’t exactly recall off the top of my head just what Arizona (where I don’t live anymore) SB1070 was about. Had to resort to Wiki, which says -
Ah-HAH! Well, I used to live in Arizona and I can tell you a couple of things about the immigration problems there. Nearly all of the southern border is a desert wasteland, straddled in a couple of places by Indian Reservations. People who own land along the border are literally under siege from the hordes of illegal immigrants. Never mind the guns and drugs and human trafficking, just the mountain of discarded garbage they leave behind is almost unfathomable.
Back when we lived out there my girls used to travel back and forth to New England to attend college or visit family and the New England crew used to come the other way. (Greyhound made lots of money on us!) On at least two different ocassions one of the kids would get off the bus and tell me about the police or border patrol or ICE getting on the bus at such and such a place and removing all of the illegals, leaving them the only remaining passenger. And that was over a decade ago! Things are far worse today.
So, I seriously wonder why the citizens of Arizona would keep this Representative in office.
Stonedome commented:
Liberalism is a mental disorder…radicals want to disrupt the basic social fabric of a society to get their way…this particular example is a result of letting illegals remain in our country and breed government dependence. ultimately this means taking your taxpayer dollars and redistributing it to people who don’t belong here in the first place.
Remco Kimber commented:
#2
Voters in Grijalva’s district keep him in office because public “education” works. For the left. Up until Obamacare where health matters are now in the hands of government fully, leaving “education” in the hands of government was the worse. Of course the Constitution is NOT taught, and its sole purpose, to LIMIT the governments. To the contrary, government as the fount of all material wealth is indoctrinated.
Controlling how history is “taught” has been rewarding to the Left. A people that forgets how it arrived at its present station in life is quite likely to lose the skills necessary to sustain that station. The ever-expanding welfare class, dependent on others for their living, is evidence that America is forgetting.
From our perspective “public” education is an utter disaster. But for the Left having captured lots of cultural institutions, with public schooling being one of the most critical, has allowed it and its government-dependent, rabid minions to control the discourse. Do you remember how rabid the Wisconsin public employee unions behaved in their outbursts of 2011-2012, with the teachers especially so?
iamsaved commented:
The sheeple in his district will keep sending him back since he panders to their entitlement mentality. When you have Democrats like Jesse Jackson making statements like:
“According to the whistle-blower, Rev. Jackson also encouraged the government employees to load first-generation and low-income college students up with student loan debt — because Democrats in Congress, he allegedly promised, would eventually pass laws to forgive that debt later. “[T]hose people will continue to vote Democratic,” Jackson Sr. said, according to the whistle-blower.”
west1890 commented:
Grijalva=communist, anti-white, anti American sovereignty. He gets re-elected because over 70% of his constituents are Hispanic and many don’t even speak English. They vote for the Hispanic name. His district has been gerrymandered to keep it primarily Hispanic. He does anything he can do prevent Border Patrol from doing their job- like trying to get border areas declared off limits to them for ecological nonsense reasons. He tries to prevent border fencing for the same BS reasons. He is rabidly pro La Raza, pro Mexican and a Progressive/Socialist/Commie through and through. He is the best representative Mexico and those who believe we “stole” Arizona have ever had. He should not only be voted out- he should be deported to another planet.
Mac in NM commented:
Ditto @ #7. I’m from Tucson originally and you’re spot on. Republicans have a great candidate in Gabriella Saucedo-Mercer, who is an American success story. Send her some money!
lizzy84 commented:
I would love to see this commie audited. If Grijalva is not a major recipient of cartel money, water isn’t wet. If the voters in his district had any sense at all they’d send this ignorant, illegal alien pandering fool to the back of the unemployment line but I doubt they ever will.
jpmn commented:
In a sane world this guy would never get anywhere near elected office.
Big Al commented:
Grijalva is more loyal to Mexico than the USA it seems. He also has been blocking a huge copper mine project in SE AZ which would bring thousands of high paying jobs and billions in investment to the area.
Mekan commented:
LOL – The people that voted for him are getting what they deserve. So don’t boycott AZ boycott just his district.
jainphx commented:
We have video of this old goat urinating in public, and make sure you stay down wind from the stench he gives off. One would think one in his position would actually bathe more than once a year. My point! His outside smells as bad as his inside.
Patty commented:
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“Today’s Supreme Court decision that much of SB 1070 is unconstitutional is a stark reminder of the need for Congress to act immediately on comprehensive immigration reform. It also reminds us that our State Legislature should stop focusing on divisive issues and instead spend their time on job creation and smart economic development for the State of Arizona.” — Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton
“SB 1070 has proved to be one of the most polarizing pieces of legislation in Arizona’s history. It was a political opportunists dream. That said, it has also proved to be totally unproductive. Millions of dollars and jobs are flowing into Texas from Mexico as Texas has established a clear immigration policy, all while expanding their economic relationship with Mexico. Nationally, the GOP continues to beat the enforcement only drum and continues to oppose a temporary worker program. SB 1070 was great for politicians, but will do nothing to address the serious issue of illegal immigration.” — Paula Pennypacker, Arizona Politics blogger
“I am pleased that the Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law. What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform. A patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system – it’s part of the problem.[....................]
“While we are grateful for this legal victory, today is an opportunity to reflect on our journey and focus upon the true task ahead: the implementation and enforcement of this law in an even-handed manner that lives up to our highest ideals as American citizens.” — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/06
/25/20120625sb1070-ruling-reactions-arizona-community-leaders.html#ixzz23XAxq0A5
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Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
It’s interesting that he did this in an election year for him, and yet he still won. Is his district populated by ex-Californians or something?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
OT OT
http://freebeacon.com/biden-on-romney-theyre-going-to-put-yall-back-in-chains/
Crank it up another notch, classy Dems.
Patty commented:
ot BUT SEEMS obama and grijalva are one in the same.
BARACK OBAMA – AMERICA’S FIRST OPENLY COMMUNIST PRESIDENT!
Obama’s real agenda has been well hidden by his handlers and the mainstream media. He shows his bitter hatred of America and our free-market system away when he gets off-script. From ridiculing patriotic Americans as “clinging to their religion and guns (damn right!) to “you didn’t build that,” it’s clear he doesn’t understand or care how wealth is created in this country nor the American principles that guide our actions! This is no surprise coming from a guy who has never created anything in his worthless life except lies, propaganda and misinformation. He doesn’t know what it is to earn one’s way. He was pushed to the front of the line, not because of performance, but because of the color of his skin. Obama doesn’t understand the pressure of trying to make payroll when one signs the front of a paycheck instead of the back. Yet, he believes the producers who achieve in America are greedy! Raised and schooled by communists, Marxist terrorists and corrupt labor unions, his real agenda is clear! Barack Obama is now openly communist!
Barack Obama is America’s first, and hopefully last, communist American president. The damage he and his fellow communist Democrats in Congress have done to America will require generations to pay off and correct. It’s open to debate if America can survive the debt and damage done to this country by these enemies domestic!
http://angrywhitedude.com/2012/08/barack-obama-americas-first-openly-communist-president/
jpmn commented:
jayinphx I get your point but you don’t want to be downwind of stinky things, you want to be upwind of them.
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