Kudlow is another pollyanna on immigration. And I’ve had it with such morons.
From Kudlow "Many conservatives disagree with me on this, and I respect that. However, I still believe that harsh language on illegals turns off legal Hispanic voters. It also turns off Asians, African Americans, young people, and women."
With the exception of blacks, that is simply not true (90+% of black Americans share the exact same voting behavior, so this is purely factual observation).
Being against illegal immigration and finding solutions other full citizenship is not offensive...only to those who are looking to be offended. Brat made not statements during that campaign that are offensive, not that can be easily twisted to be offensive. Talking about this issue effectively does not require Tancredo style bombast. One could share a much more conservative view of illegals and still talk about it in the same ways as GW Bush and others. Brat is an example, and there are countless others. Some make mistakes giving the opposition words to use against us (Steve King, who I greatly admire is an example who has made unnecessary statements).
It is quite possible to make a strong case (and winning case) for better incremental reforms to our immigration system other than granting citizenship or rewarding lawlessness. The strawman arguments need to be countered....it's not the Senate bill or you hate brown people, for God's sake.
Immigration reform is NOT synonymous with amnesty. I am in favor of immigration reform. I oppose any amnesty to any illegal.
I don't think he's a moron. I think he's complicit. Brat seems to be speaking traditional economic theory. You can't have a free market system of supply and demand keeping wages high enough to support the population if there's a supply of labor that undermines the system.
What the ptb are in denial about is Brat has been 100% about stopping the invasion of the US, according to Numbers USA. That's why he won, and overwhelmingly so. People get it; the DC crowd gets paid off.