On Monday in the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, during a discussion of methods used to exterminate feral swine, which include shooting them from a helicopter, Rep. Virgil Peck suggested that the state use the same approach as a solution to our nation’s immigration problems.
“It looks like to me if shooting these immigrating feral hogs works maybe we have found a
to our illegal immigration problem,” said Peck. (audio here)
Peck was approached by press after the committee meeting. He was unapologetic and said he was “just joking.”
"I was just speaking like a southeast Kansas person," Rep. Virgil Peck said to the Lawrence Journal Word.
On Tuesday, numerous national and bipartisan groups, including the Somos Republicans and LULAC, (League of United Latin American Citizens) called for Peck’s resignation. After a meeting with Kansas GOP officials, Peck distributed a two sentence statement to fellow House members.
“My statements yesterday were regrettable. Please accept my apology.”
http://www.ksdp.org/peck
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