QOTD: "A Southern Republican lawmaker"

QOTD: "A Southern Republican lawmaker"

by digby

On the problem with immigration reform:
“Part of it, I think — and I hate to say this, because these are my people — but I hate to say it, but it’s racial,” said the Southern Republican lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “If you go to town halls people say things like, ‘These people have different cultural customs than we do.’ And that’s code for race.”
I, for one, am shocked.

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