Senator's Letter to the Minutemen
July 26, 2005
To: California Minutemen
From: Senator Bill Morrow
As you may know, I was at Campo on July 16th to support the California Minutemen in your inaugural effort. I really admired the courage, self-restraint and dignity you demonstrated in the face of the radical protestors.
It’s a sad situation when private volunteers have to step forward and face that kind of abuse because their government refuses to properly secure the border and enforce existing law.
I intend to return to the border on Saturday, July 30th to continue my support so that at least one elected official is standing with you – literally.
Quite simply, we will continue to stand up to those demonstrators whose real motivations have less to do with helping poor illegal immigrants than they do with subverting American sovereignty.
Now I want to share with you my personal experience this past Saturday – which you will recognize from your own firsthand experience. It confirmed some of my suspicions about the more radical advocates of the pro-illegal immigration movement.
As I and others were heading out to meet some Minutemen in the field, my vehicle was swarmed by a gang of angry, loud protestors.
The protestors flooded into the dirt road along the border and surrounded my vehicle. Many had bullhorns they shoved through my open window. They shouted through the bullhorns, blasting invective directly into my face.
I presume this was an attempt to intimidate me, but Marines don’t intimidate easily.
The protestors screamed things like, “Beat it, honky!”, “Get out of here, cracker!”, “Racist, go home!” over and over again. Now I have a personal sense of what Minutemen have to deal with on a regular basis.
Later that day, after I had departed, more protestors stormed the Campo Veterans of Foreign Wars facility, attempting the same tactics with one of my legislative aides, who had remained behind. Not only did the demonstrators scream into his face with their bullhorns, they spat on him, kicked dirt on him, and even assaulted him by kicking his leg.
The entire incident was observed by multiple witnesses and overheard by another legislative aide who was speaking by cell phone with the assaulted staff member at the time of the attack.
Our experiences on Saturday seem to confirm what I’ve suspected, that the most vocal advocates for illegal immigration are hate-mongering anti-American radicals. They do not really care about the poor illegal immigrants. They merely use the issue as political ammunition and the immigrants as cannon fodder to attack the United States.
Yes, we all understand that most illegal immigrants who enter the United States are desperate people with few prospects back home. Most come from the large underclasses of poor nations dominated by super-wealthy elites who hold all the power. We realize that these poor illegals want better lives for themselves and their families.
But Mexico’s population now is nearly 40 percent the size of the United States’ population. And American taxpayers simply cannot support two nations at once. Our economic viability and very national security are severely threatened.
There are right ways and wrong ways to help Mexico and other poor nations. Turning our border with Mexico into an autobahn for illegal aliens and allowing our own country to be economically and politically devastated is the single worst way.
These protestors who scream “Racist!” at you know you’re not racists. In fact, they were the only ones screaming racist slurs. But playing the “race card” – no matter how inaccurately or unfairly – is a way for them to taint you and gain what they hope is moral high ground on the political battlefield. They don’t want you to be seen for what you really are – patriotic Americans seeking a nonviolent way to help protect your country from a massive threat.
And that’s why you have to remain self-disciplined and not yield to their taunting and personal threats. They want to bait you into at least one politically incorrect comment or action so that they can film it, edit out their taunting, and get it run on CNN.
Frankly, the way I see it is:
· You’re working for free –
· to help do a government function that isn’t being adequately performed despite the taxes you already pay government to do it –
· in hot, uncomfortable conditions –
· while you get verbally harassed and physically threatened by people who look like their hearts broke when the Soviet Union collapsed –
· resented by the government officials whose misperformance you are covering for –
· caricatured and lampooned in all the liberal mainstream news media –
· and possibly shot at by angry parties from the other side of the border.
Count me in. I’ll see you in Campo on Saturday, July 30.
BILL MORROW
P.S.
To see how the pro-invasion forces view the Campo incident on July 16, go to http://deletetheborder.org/
To: California Minutemen
From: Senator Bill Morrow
As you may know, I was at Campo on July 16th to support the California Minutemen in your inaugural effort. I really admired the courage, self-restraint and dignity you demonstrated in the face of the radical protestors.
It’s a sad situation when private volunteers have to step forward and face that kind of abuse because their government refuses to properly secure the border and enforce existing law.
I intend to return to the border on Saturday, July 30th to continue my support so that at least one elected official is standing with you – literally.
Quite simply, we will continue to stand up to those demonstrators whose real motivations have less to do with helping poor illegal immigrants than they do with subverting American sovereignty.
Now I want to share with you my personal experience this past Saturday – which you will recognize from your own firsthand experience. It confirmed some of my suspicions about the more radical advocates of the pro-illegal immigration movement.
As I and others were heading out to meet some Minutemen in the field, my vehicle was swarmed by a gang of angry, loud protestors.
The protestors flooded into the dirt road along the border and surrounded my vehicle. Many had bullhorns they shoved through my open window. They shouted through the bullhorns, blasting invective directly into my face.
I presume this was an attempt to intimidate me, but Marines don’t intimidate easily.
The protestors screamed things like, “Beat it, honky!”, “Get out of here, cracker!”, “Racist, go home!” over and over again. Now I have a personal sense of what Minutemen have to deal with on a regular basis.
Later that day, after I had departed, more protestors stormed the Campo Veterans of Foreign Wars facility, attempting the same tactics with one of my legislative aides, who had remained behind. Not only did the demonstrators scream into his face with their bullhorns, they spat on him, kicked dirt on him, and even assaulted him by kicking his leg.
The entire incident was observed by multiple witnesses and overheard by another legislative aide who was speaking by cell phone with the assaulted staff member at the time of the attack.
Our experiences on Saturday seem to confirm what I’ve suspected, that the most vocal advocates for illegal immigration are hate-mongering anti-American radicals. They do not really care about the poor illegal immigrants. They merely use the issue as political ammunition and the immigrants as cannon fodder to attack the United States.
Yes, we all understand that most illegal immigrants who enter the United States are desperate people with few prospects back home. Most come from the large underclasses of poor nations dominated by super-wealthy elites who hold all the power. We realize that these poor illegals want better lives for themselves and their families.
But Mexico’s population now is nearly 40 percent the size of the United States’ population. And American taxpayers simply cannot support two nations at once. Our economic viability and very national security are severely threatened.
There are right ways and wrong ways to help Mexico and other poor nations. Turning our border with Mexico into an autobahn for illegal aliens and allowing our own country to be economically and politically devastated is the single worst way.
These protestors who scream “Racist!” at you know you’re not racists. In fact, they were the only ones screaming racist slurs. But playing the “race card” – no matter how inaccurately or unfairly – is a way for them to taint you and gain what they hope is moral high ground on the political battlefield. They don’t want you to be seen for what you really are – patriotic Americans seeking a nonviolent way to help protect your country from a massive threat.
And that’s why you have to remain self-disciplined and not yield to their taunting and personal threats. They want to bait you into at least one politically incorrect comment or action so that they can film it, edit out their taunting, and get it run on CNN.
Frankly, the way I see it is:
· You’re working for free –
· to help do a government function that isn’t being adequately performed despite the taxes you already pay government to do it –
· in hot, uncomfortable conditions –
· while you get verbally harassed and physically threatened by people who look like their hearts broke when the Soviet Union collapsed –
· resented by the government officials whose misperformance you are covering for –
· caricatured and lampooned in all the liberal mainstream news media –
· and possibly shot at by angry parties from the other side of the border.
Count me in. I’ll see you in Campo on Saturday, July 30.
BILL MORROW
P.S.
To see how the pro-invasion forces view the Campo incident on July 16, go to http://deletetheborder.org/
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