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Watch–Beto O’Rourke to Black American: Illegal Immigrant Labor Needed for Cotton Gin
breitbart ^ | 09/19/2018 | John Binder

Posted on 09/20/2018 5:57:45 AM PDT by DFG

During a town hall event on Wednesday night, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) — running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the Senate seat — told a black American who questioned his support of illegal immigration that illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers. O’Rourke’s remarks were made after a black American asked the congressman if he supported illegal aliens being given U.S. citizenship despite breaking the country’s immigration laws. O’Rourke responded by saying that it is illegal aliens who are working at cotton gins today.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beto; cheaplabor; cottongin; crazy; cruz; elpaso; masterbeto; tx2018; workforce
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1 posted on 09/20/2018 5:57:45 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

ICE’s next stop...the cotton gin in Roscoe, Georgia.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 6:02:07 AM PDT by moovova
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To: DFG

So he is admitting that illegal aliens are today’s slaves of the Democrat party


3 posted on 09/20/2018 6:02:42 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DFG

Wow. Imagine the firestorm if a Republican had said this. Imagine if President Trump made this comment...it would be the top story on CNN and MSNBC for a week.


4 posted on 09/20/2018 6:03:42 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: DFG

Here’s the general issue. If ICE suddenly started showing up at cotton gins around Texas, Miss, Ala, or Louisiana...the bulk of the employees (mostly all illegals) would suddenly leave and the gins would be shut down for a week (extremely painful for cotton farms to handle) while the gin managers go and look for replacement employees. Most of these illegals? All paid $3 to $5 less than a regular employee.

I used to frequent a breakfast restaurant in Arlington, VA...which had six to ten guys in the back doing most of the work. The cashier and manager were gringos. The shop survived with reasonable prices because they were using illegals...probably making $3 to $5 less than legal employees of the region.

This is the way that the nation now functions, and a majority of people accept this as being normal. If they were all forced to only legal employees, then the cost factor across the nation would go quickly up and you’d see a high number of black youths hired, with the minimum wage going to a realistic ‘balance’. If you can’t find enough employees in a region....you up your salary structure.


5 posted on 09/20/2018 6:07:41 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: DFG

Whoa what a thing to say! Way worse than that monkey business comment in fl, which was nothing but a common saying.


6 posted on 09/20/2018 6:08:19 AM PDT by pangaea6
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To: Lurkinanloomin

No, he is saying that there are a lot of illegals in Texas and Texas is controlled by the republicans, not democrats.


7 posted on 09/20/2018 6:09:01 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: DFG

Modern cotton gins;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVNipcG3EQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRXET28gh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geX8ItkJD9o


8 posted on 09/20/2018 6:10:10 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: DFG

Cotton gin sounds terrible.


9 posted on 09/20/2018 6:10:27 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Mozzafiato

He’s a Democrat so nothing will come of this. Recall Slow Joe Biden’s “They gonna put you in chains” comment.


10 posted on 09/20/2018 6:10:52 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: pepsionice

interesting. That would have happened over many years.


11 posted on 09/20/2018 6:12:34 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Paladin2

It gets stuck in your throat................


12 posted on 09/20/2018 6:17:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q..........................Future Proves Past..............WWG1WGA.....................)
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To: DFG
told a black American who questioned his support of illegal immigration that illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers

OK, let's go with that analogy - the answer the Americans of the past came up with to resolve this was to ban the importation of slaves and later to end slavery altogether and force slave owners to pay wages for their labor. If "Beta" believes his own words, he should back the immediate building of a border wall to stop the importation of these modern day cotton pickers and stop their exploitation by employers looking to replace American workers with cheap, illegal labor.
13 posted on 09/20/2018 6:17:43 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: DFG

The cotton gin was an innovation that made a lot of slave labor obsolete. Beto doesn’t know what a cotton gin is. He’s a moron.


14 posted on 09/20/2018 6:18:35 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: KC_Lion; Sarah Barracuda

Ping.


15 posted on 09/20/2018 6:19:50 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: cdcdawg

That comparison is insulting to morons.


16 posted on 09/20/2018 6:20:26 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Paladin2

Cotton gin sounds terrible....

But, it makes the best dry martini.


17 posted on 09/20/2018 6:21:08 AM PDT by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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To: moovova

Roscoe, Texas. Between Abilene and Lubbock. Windmill Capital of the World.


18 posted on 09/20/2018 6:27:33 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DFG
Jump down, turn around. Pick a bale of cotton
19 posted on 09/20/2018 6:28:56 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: DFG

Beto: We have slaves from south of the border to work those cotton gins now, boy.


20 posted on 09/20/2018 6:29:34 AM PDT by indthkr
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