Univision Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: Sanders Voted With Republicans on Immigration bills

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Jennifer Granholm ‏@JenGranholm 16m16 minutes ago

Wow. Surprising BS votes, in an op-ed by Rep. Gutierrez: http://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/luis-gutierrez-sanders-voted-with-republicans …






Luis Gutiérrez: Sanders Voted With Republicans
Univision.com publicado: feb 18, 2016 11:00 AM


By Luis V. Gutierrez, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 4th congressional district

Every time an election rolls around, candidates fall all over themselves to proclaim their allegiance to the Latino community. Hillary Clinton is different. I was proud to endorse her because she is the rare loyal candidate who has been fighting for us her entire career.

It goes back to traveling across Texas in 1972 to register Latino voters and to organizing the first-ever White House conference on Hispanic Children and Youth. But it is her time in the U.S. Senate, fighting hard for comprehensive immigration reform that sets her apart from Bernie Sanders. Hillary is the only candidate in this race who has always had our backs.

Six months ago, I did an interview with Larry King where I asked whether Bernie Sanders even liked immigrants or cared about Latinos and our issues. He had been silent on immigration and our other priorities and within a week or two, Sanders was talking about immigration.

He was saying all the right things, but it raised a very important question in my mind: where was Sanders when we really needed him? I have observed Sanders first in the House of Representatives and later in the Senate and I have to say, he was absent from most of the crucial immigration debates. And when he did show up, his record was troubling.

Think about 2005 and 2006, when House Republicans were devising harsher and harsher measures to deport and criminalize immigrants and had passed the Sensenbrenner Bill – the notorious HR 4437 bill – that would have deported everyone and made criminals of families, care-givers, bus drivers and priests who had contact with undocumented immigrants. Where was Sanders? He was mostly silent when we needed champions to defend our community.

And worse, at a few critical moments in 2006, he broke with Democrats and progressives and stood with the hardline anti-immigrant wing of the Republican Party......................

[taught_me_patience]

1. Asian Americans are also not happy about Bernie vote on immigration bill n/t

[BlueCaliDem]

10. Nope. Asian-American here!

[Thinkingabout]

2. Voting records are forever, he claims to have voted with the Democrats

But his record says differently. I will go with the record. His position will be argued but the fact remains of which wat he voted. I expect more wrong votes in the future.

[fleabiscuit]

8. May I humbly suggest we change our language.

I'm thinking instead... Voting records are forever, he claims to have followed how Democrats voted. Or something like that. IMHO no sense in helping make him a Dem. What ya think?

[Thinkingabout]

15. Why he claims to have followed Democrats in voting is not something

I can explain, he knows the votes in Congress is recorded, can be checked and it is was to determine what the votes are. He may not admit his votes, they do not go away.

[artyteacher]

3. running as a democrat doesn't make you one

Claiming your the progressive doesn't mean you are in all areas.

[mcar]

4. Exactly

[Tommy2Tone]

5. Bernie is a fraud.

He has been a lifelong Independent and has said horrible things about the Dems and Reps. Even calling us Tweedledee and tweedledum. Now he runs as a Dem Socialist but then he files to run again in Vermont. You guessed it as a Independent.

[Cha]

6. Amazing more is coming out about him now.. Gracias, Luis Gutiérrez!

Mahalo rivers!

[BlueCaliDem]

11. John Helilemann looked outright worried when he mentioned that Luis Gutierrez has begun to campaign

for Hillary Clinton, telling, "things about Sanders' past that not even the media knew about".

I've been saying it from the start...the moment they take a closer look at Bernie's past, PoC will not like what they see.

[Cha]

12. Yes, if word can just get out.. It's like a miracle after having been supressed for sooooo long!

Here's to Full Exposure!

Thank you, BlueCali!

[BlueCaliDem]

14. Exactly. Now Sanders will get the exposure his supporters said he wasn't getting...but they should

be careful what they wish for.

To full exposure, Cha!

[Lucinda]

7. TY....I know there was one piece of legislation where Bernie voted "negatively" because of a

secondary reason - and I haven't really tracked down the "why" of his choice, but that wouldn't excuse the other votes or lack of support in general.

Thanks much for the link!

[yallerdawg]

9. Again, when you have a particular Vermont constituency...

when you need 'other' votes in a national election, all you have is a Party that welcomes you with open arms, which you then denigrate (as usual) and then fall back on 'race and gender are irrelevant' if everybody gets more money equally - or maybe the rich get to keep less - not clear.

But "I'm a Democrat now - vote for me!" sure attracts a lot of non-Democrats!

[BlueCaliDem]

13. Representative Steve King, one of the most staunchly anti-immigrant members of Congress:

“I admire Bernie’s passion and I notice that his immigration position is closer to mine than it is [to] some of the presidential candidates on the Republican side.”

Hm. Latino Americans need to know this, and thank god, Rep Gutierrez is taking those anti-immigrant votes out of the shadows and bringing them into the light - and on Univision, no less.

No wonder John Heilemann looked worried this afternoon on his show when he mentioned that what Rep. Luis Gutiérrez has to say about Bernie Sanders is going to be damaging...

[Cha]

17. Thank you, BlueCali .. great endorsement for BS from steve king.

smh good find.. thank you!

[pandr32]

16. "Where was Sanders when we needed him?"

He needs immigrants now to further his ambition, and so suddenly he is interested in immigration debate.