Gutierrez(D-IL) to Tancredo R-CO): "You racist! You bigot!"

[wndycty]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4548765,00.html
Tancredo, Illinois rep trade racism accusations

By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
March 17, 2006

WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Tancredo and an Illinois congressman traded charges of racism during a heated confrontation following a televised appearance on immigration reform, their congressional offices confirmed Thursday.

Tancredo, R-Colo., is a leading advocate of tougher enforcement of laws affecting illegal immigrants and those who hire them.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., the son of Puerto Rican parents, calls Tancredo's approach an "ugly policy" motivated by racism.
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Gutierrez, who has a cast on a foot, reportedly walked toward an elevator, but Tancredo tried to stop him by putting his hand on his shoulder. Gutierrez reportedly demanded: "Get your hand off me!"

Adams said Tancredo had done little more than tap him on the shoulder.

Gutierrez said to Tancredo: "You racist! You bigot!"

Tancredo told Gutierrez: "You look in the mirror if you want to see a racist."
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[KingFlorez]

1. Now that's what I like to hear

Someone finally called Tancredo what he really is. Illegal Immigration is a problem that needs fixing, but there is no need to be racist about it.

[mucifer]

2. Guti is my rep!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Bryan]

8. And I wish he were mine!

You must be very proud. I can hardly believe I live in the same STATE as that asshole Tancredo...

[niyad]

3. tancredo is an obnoxious ass--glad someone called him on it

[JI7]

4. Tancredo probably has the "white man as victim" mentality

that's what i get from this statement "You look in the mirror if you want to see a racist."

i could understand if he responded with anything else such as defending himself as not being racist or telling the guy to calm down or whatever.

but "look in the mirror if you want to see a racist" to Gutierrez sounds like Tancredo thinks he is a victim. he probably views latino=illegal.

[Daylin Byak]

5. Give credit to Tom Tancredo...

Man has balls, big steel balls as big as church bells to say shit like this.

This guy is the biggest ass in the house next to Adam Putnam(F-FL,12th)this crap is coming from the same guy who think that the U.S should bomb Mecca.

[JI7]

7. it has nothing to do with "balls" or anything like that

his constituency has the same views as him. he isn't challenging anything. he is openly a bigot like Fred Phelps.

[Skittles]

11. and besides, male body parts are not required for courage

no indeed

[rockymountaindem]

14. I really don't get this

It's one thing to say it about a group made up of men *and* women. I can see why that's offensive, as in something like "the ACLU has balls to take Rush Limbaugh's side". However, if I say something like "John Elway's got brass ones for taking hits like that all those years", I think saying it about a man is not suggesting that only men have courage. It's just saying that the man in question does.

[Skittles]

17. the inference is balls give you courage

they most certainly do not

[manic expression]

15. He lacks intelligence

balls don't come into the equation.

[Daylin Byak]

6. Give credit to Tom Tancredo...

Man has balls, big steel balls as big as church bells to say shit like this.

This guy is the biggest ass in the house next to Adam Putnam(R-FL,12th)this crap is coming from the same guy who think that the U.S should bomb Mecca.

[madrchsod]

9. luis should have punched him the mouth

fuck tommy-boy he needs his ass kicked...

[wndycty]

10. I'm hoping and praying he is my next mayor!

:kick:

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Tancredo's "I know you are but what am I" comeback

Very clever...:rofl:

[wndycty]

13. This thing needs to be put on blast!

Kick and repeat please!

[gratuitous]

16. I thought it was the "rubber and glue" gambit

"I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."

But it's been a while since I had the eight-year-old mentality that Tancredo seems to have mastered from decades of experience, so I could be wrong.