He’s right, you know…
that’s what scares me.
That may be true in his district (with no border issues or large immigrant population), but that’s not flying here in Houston (which turned almost completely blue in 2016 and is set to keep it that way.)
They’ll wear this thing like a dead antelope, albatross and anteater around their necks for a long time. God help them if violence or other further evil is brought on any of these kids and it gets out.
ETA: I think I saw a poll showing a 50 point swing in a WV congressional race in past day or so. R’s are fucked and this shit ain’t helping one iota.
Truly the epitome of a modern Christian nation.
WTF, New York. Why do you elect this bigoted asshat?
I don’t know about this.
As Americans, we like to think we have the moral high ground. We saved the world from the Nazis and Communists, believe in Freedom and opportunity and pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. Our self-image of being that shining city on a hill, that beacon of hope for the world, in fact, the world’s last, best hope is shattered. Now we have other countries lecturing us on human rights. I don’t think that sits well with most Americans. It definitely doesn’t sit well with me. But I guess we’ll see.
Pete’s been hitting the sauce again.
He doesn’t represent NYC, but rather, parts of Nassau and Suffolk Counties. A whole different world.
Rich WASP’s, perhaps? 
The numbers don’t seem to support his assumption. Per Gallup:
“A record-high 75% of Americans, including majorities of all party groups, think immigration is a good thing for the U.S. – up slightly from 71% last year. Just 19% of the public considers immigration a bad thing. […]”
And, by the way, they’re not doing right by a lot of Americans either. Trade war, anyone?
You know he isn’t wrong. If gun control has taught me anything it is the American people move on to the next topic the moment they think a crisis is over even if the underlying issues continue to simmer. It is a function of how the media works.
Hell, Uganda can lecture us on human rights now.
Ebola virus, much?
We helped Britain with that
Pete King is the King of the Pig People
Representative King is, as usual, brutishly wrong in his statement. People of conscience, people of compassion , care deeply about non-white children being ripped away from their parents and placed in cages in a Trump concentration camp. King evidently does not care. His only concern is his re-election. The non- white Children, who are being warehoused and traumatized as a result of President Trump’s dictate of No Tolerance , do not vote in his district,so it is of no concern to him. His lack of humanity, his unwillingness to call out the cruelty of No Tolerance, hopefully will be factors for people voting in his legislative District… People of Conscience likely will care more about the abuse of asylum seekers and their children than King’s ,at best, indifference,if not, contempt for the immigrants harmed by the Trump administration and its enablers and apologists, like King.
If Americans cared more about Americans they’d provide Americans with universal care, fully-funded education and they wouldn’t hire undocumented, cheap, exploitable labor from Mexico, nor would they outsource American jobs to China and beyond…
Do people not know that Pete King was the #1 defender of the IRA in Congress for many years? He was happy to subvert the foreign policy of Americans for the interests of Irish terrorists.