Yesterday Ilhan Omar issued a tweet responding to a Washington Post story that suggested Trump’s desire for a merit-based immigration system was based on “racial prejudice”. But Omar took it one step further and suggested that Trump’s “merit based” immigration policy was “fueled by racism toward the Latinx community”.
Then she deleted it:
So Ms. Smarty Pants @ilhanmn deleted her tweet, cuz she finally realized that in accusing the President of raaaaaaaaaaacism, she was sounding mighty raaaaaaaaaacist herself. pic.twitter.com/10ojMOpHl2
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 29, 2019
Ok first of all, does Omar not know that the ‘o’ in Latino means all Latinos and not just the male ones? There’s no need to make the word LGBT pronoun friendly.
Anyway, late last night Ted Cruz responded to Omar’s deleted tweet, calling out Omar and Democrats in general for their Hispanic racism…
As the son of a Cuban immigrant whose Dad came to get a math degree & become a computer programmer, I’m troubled that Dems seem to believe Hispanic immigrants can’t qualify for skills-based legal immigration. Bringing in more scientists, engineers & doctors is good for US jobs. https://t.co/iugniZgJtL
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 29, 2019
Her racism in the tweet was clear to most who read it. Here’s a sampling of the responses she got that probably ‘fueled’ her desire to delete the tweet:
This asshole thinks Latinx people are stupid. #Immigration https://t.co/KH0tpyAjim
— Tammy (@tmhco) May 29, 2019
I have confidence that Latin persons can also be meritful stop being so racist https://t.co/fJd0SZCuO0
— John Gall (@JohnGal26869489) May 29, 2019
Did @IlhanMN really say that? So, it worked for 100 years, and now it’s racist. https://t.co/DslMfwrS3x
— Apple Pie Rich (@StatisticsGuru) May 29, 2019
.You think LatinoS R less capable of success? You sound as racist as the Hollyweirdos. BTW, many of us Hispanics R very much N favor of merit based immigration as we R tired of TAXPAYER $ going 2 ANY ILLEGALS & refugees of ANY RACE who refuse 2 work, contribute, or assimilate. https://t.co/EiBLBiVO3W
— America_First = Nationalism #MAGA (@120w_max) May 29, 2019