Open Borders, Palestinian Terrorist Kills U.S. Veteran, Reagan & Blue Collar Workers
When Republicans say they are going to deport all illegal immigrants, the response from the media, the left, and, sadly, even some quarters of the right is, "That's ridiculous. You're not going to deport 11 million people." (You may hear that in tonight's GOP debate.)
Well, based on their statements at last night's debate, the Democrat position now is open borders and no deportations. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders promised to go farther than Barack Obama in protecting illegal immigrants. In fact, Clinton's comments seemed to take amnesty advocate Jorge Ramos of Univision by surprise. Consider this exchange:
CLINTON: "I will not."
RAMOS: "And that you won't deport immigrants who don't have a criminal record?"
CLINTON: "That's what I'm telling you. . . the undocumented people living in our country, I do not want to see them deported. I want to see them on a path to citizenship. [So they can vote Democrat!] That is exactly what I will do."
Our response in this debate should be to ask whether we can all agree to deport one illegal immigrant. If we can agree to that, can we agree to deport 1,000? How about 50,000 out of the 11 to 15 million estimated illegal immigrants in the country?
Why shouldn't a nation that intends to remain a nation attempt to deport the maximum number of people who should not be in that nation? A nation that can't or refuses to control its borders is no longer a nation, but just a workforce masquerading as a country.
If Hillary and Bernie don't want to deport anyone, the obvious question is this: "Is there any limit at all to how many people you would allow to enter the country?" I refuse to believe successful Hispanics want their success undercut by a never-ending supply of desperate people willing to work for less.
The radical position Clinton and Sanders took last night should result in either one of them losing by large margins -- if the GOP could just end its circular firing squad.
Palestinian Terrorist Kills U.S. Veteran
Taylor Force, a 28 year-old West Point graduate and veteran of Iran and Afghanistan, was murdered Tuesday by a Palestinian terrorist. Force was in Israel on a trip sponsored by Vanderbilt University, where he was earning his MBA degree, to explore the country's thriving economic startup industry.
While strolling along a Tel Aviv boardwalk, Force was attacked by Bashar Masalha, a West Bank Palestinian. Masalha also attacked at least eleven other people before he was shot by police.
As Israelis and Americans mourn the loss of Force, the Palestinian Authority praised the murderer. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, offered his condolences, but refused to condemn the attack. The official Fatah Facebook page posted the following statement of praise to the "martyrs":
Jaffa-Tel Aviv, where Taylor was killed, is not a disputed territory. It is nowhere near the West Bank or Gaza. Claiming the Tel Aviv victims to be "settlers" reveals the radical Islamic supremacist mindset that dominates Palestinian culture, which sees all of Israel as "occupied territory" to be liberated.
This is the same Palestinian Authority that American taxpayers are subsidizing each and every year with hundreds of millions of our hard-earned tax dollars.
Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party are described in the media and by many politicians as "moderates."
The Obama Administration is demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make additional concessions to Abbas and the Palestinians.
This Palestinian Authority that praised the murder of an American veteran is supposed to be Israel's "peace partner." The Palestinians are not interested in peace with Israel or even a piece of Israel -- they want it all!
Reagan & Blue Collar Workers
There's a lot of commentary suggesting that the campaigns of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are being fueled in part by an uprising of blue collar workers. There certainly appears to be significant evidence to support that. Sadly, some pundits also claim that this uprising is destroying Reagan conservatism. That is absurd.
Ronald Reagan was the candidate who drew blue collar voters, along with evangelicals, to the Republican Party and transformed the governing coalition of America for decades. He didn't do it with just rhetoric; he did it with real policies.
We hear a lot about how Reagan's reduction of marginal tax rates spurred economic growth. What you don't hear much about is that Reagan doubled the personal exemption, increased the standard deduction, and tripled the earned income tax credit -- policies he hoped would greatly benefit working class families with children. The Wall Street Journal hated the proposal.
Yes, Reagan believed in free markets, but he did not hesitate to use tariffs to protect iconic American industries, like Harley-Davidson. Reagan understood that it was more than just a motorcycle company, it was a big part of the culture of blue collar America. He was endorsed by the Teamsters, which sent shockwaves through the left.
Countless blue collar workers in America had known Ronald Reagan for years as a spokesman for General Electric. He toured the country speaking at GE factories and eating with the workers. When Reagan's populist message was heard back in the corporate suites, it contributed to Reagan and GE parting ways.
Ronald Reagan was just as comfortable campaigning in a hardhat as he was in a cowboy hat. Blue collar populism isn't distorting Reagan conservatism; it was always a huge part of it.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families
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