GOP lawmaker pushes to strip Democrat of committee assignment after saying she’s ‘a proud Guatemalan before I am an American’
Republican Republican Republican Carlos Gimenez makes a decision to remove the Illinois representative Delia Inand Ramirez, referring to Democrat’s latest comments at a summit in Mexico City.
Ramirez, Panamercan Congress During the August recess of the Chamber at the beginning of this month, “I am a proud group before the Americans.” He said. Comment received reaction on social media.
Gimenez said on Friday, CNN said that he had moved his colleague out of the committee because he sees his behavior as ğı not leaving any member of the Congress ”. Florida Congress Member’s decision is privileged, that is, the deputies will receive full votes at home after returning in September.
Gimenez partly said in a statement, “I was born Cuba and I was deported from my homeland shortly after my communist transfer. Everything I am, I owe these exceptional unlimited opportunities,” he said.
“When a member of the Congress clearly declares commitment to a foreign nation on the United States, not only unacceptable, but disqualifies for service in a committee that is responsible for securing our homeland.”
In response to the decision, Ramirez said, “He saw this coming.”
“Not normal, but predictable,” he said to CNN, a member of the Congress. “I am the most progressive member of the Internal Security Committee Congress. I am talking and (Internal Security Secretary Kristi) was the first person to violate our civil rights and resigned to undermine the constitution.”
Ramirez argued that President Donald Trump’s rule and republican colleagues criticized him because they hated what I represented ”.
Orum I represent the diversity, I fight for the equity and I demand to be included, ”he said. “They will use any opportunity to misinterpret what I said to misinterpret and attack me.
On Monday, Ramirez, an American citizen born of Guatemala immigrants, said on Monday that “honoring the Guatemala lineage strengthens its commitment to America,” he said.
“When my white colleagues define Irish-American, Italian-American or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestors, no one has a question. then he said.
Ramirez is not the only democrat in September. GOP representative Clay Higgins made a privileged decision to censor the democratic representative Lamonica McIver, which will remove it from the panel.
MCIVER claimed that he was not guilty In June, a congress at the facility during the surveillance visit to the new Jersey custody center outside the accusations of attacking and intervening federal accusations.
Migration and Customs Protection uses Delaneney Hall, a 1,000 -bed facility, which is specially owned as an detention center.
Democrats – New Jersey representatives, including Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, who was with McIver at the Detention Center that day, criticized the arrest and objected to the charges. McIver promised to fight the charges.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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