Kyrsten Sinema anti-Minuteman Project bill voted down

Far-left loon and Arizona state Rep. Kyrsten Sinema recently introduced a bill that would have outlawed the Minuteman Project and similar groups and have them labeled "domestic terrorists". (That earned her the prestigious honor of being selected for our first "Working For Mexico, Or Just Acts Like It?" post).

As could be expected, it was voted down in their Homeland Security and Property Rights Committee by a vote of 7 to 3. All the Republicans voted against it, and they were joined by Democrat Cloves Campbell.

Sinema voted for her own bill, and she was joined by fellow Democrats Steve Gallardo and Tom Prezelski.

I don't know how this happened, but:

Sinema ultimately conceded to [Chris Simcox] that she had no evidence that members of his organization are racists.

And, as could be expected, neither Sinema nor Gallardo are whizzes at that "logical reasoning" thing:

And Rep. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, said some groups, although he wasn't naming them, are dangerous, as shown by hate mail and threats to Sinema and other legislators who don't see border and immigration issues the same way... At one point, Sinema asked Simcox if he was concerned because the first group ever to patrol the border in this country was the Ku Klux Klan...

Obviously, what they term "hate mail" may in fact simply be those who disagree and do so in a manner that causes ultra-sensitive lefties to get the faints. And, those who support something cannot be held responsible for the actions of others who support the same thing but do so in a manner with which the first group doesn't approve. And, of course, the last statement attributed to her above is guilt by association.

Immigration2007a · Mon, 02/05/2007 - 22:57 · Importance: 4