Over the weekend on C-SPAN, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten was taking calls from viewers when a man came on the line and asked what may wind up being one of the dumbest inquiries of 2016:
“I would like to ask the guest what his opinion of the migration that is coming from Puerto Rico right now, due to their financial chaos. A thousand Puerto Ricans a week, not considered immigrants but coming to the United States as U.S. citizens with no vetting. And that just seems like something that’s not being discussed.”
You could almost read the disgust in Gjeletn’s face as he responded to the clueless caller, telling the man:
“Well the reason it’s not being discussed, and you alluded to it in your question, is cause they’re not immigrants. Puerto Rico is not a state, but Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.”
Then Gjelten added:
“We’re talking here not about immigration, we’re talking about migration from one part of the country to another part of the country because there are different economic opportunities.
“Those people have every right to move to some other state or other part of the country where there are more jobs. You talk about vetting. We don’t vet people that move from one state to another, from one part of America to another. That’s their rights as Americans to move. I don’t see how we can really institute some kind of special policy for people from Puerto Rico who want to move to some part of the United States to find work.”
Yes, this is the level of utter idiocy which exists in large portions of the American electorate. Many of these morons voted for Donald Trump because he offered them soundbites and slogans they could wrap their tiny brains around and embrace. Why think when you can blindly follow a fascist demagogue who promises you everything you want and assures you that your own person failure is someone else’s fault?
It’s gonna be a long four years.
Here’s the video:
Actual caller into @cspan asks if we shoud be vetting Puerto Ricans. Seriously, that was his question. Watch. #NoMames pic.twitter.com/uV5AyM9iC8
— Latino Rebels (@latinorebels) December 26, 2016
Featured Image Via C-SPAN Screengrab
