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Between the reverse migration of African Americans from Northern cities to places like the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the rapid pace of Latino immigration, Georgia has seen a dramatic demographic shift in the last ten years. So much so, in fact, that it was nearly competitive in the 2008 presidential election. Optimistic Democrats believe that this is the year where the party has a shot at statewide office, but at least one Republicana contender for the Republican Senate nomination in the statedisagrees
The only way Georgia is going to change is if we have all these illegal aliens in here in Georgia, [and] give them the right to vote, said Tea Party congressman Paul Broun on a local radio show, It would be morally wrong, it would be illegal to do so, under our current law. He continues: Actually, all these illegal aliens are getting federal largesse and taking taxpayers dollars. Thats the only way this state is going to become Democratic again, in the next number of decades, he said.
Broun is right about one thing: At 425,000, Georgia has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Otherwise, everything here is false. There is no immigration bill that would give immediate citizenship to undocumented immigrantsthe Gang of Eight proposal has a decade-long path to citizenshipand its simply not true that immigrants are getting federal largess; without authorization, immigrants are barred from most federal benefit programs.
If Broun were just a fringe figure, you could ignore these comments. But he echoes a whole host of Republicans who have done nothing but alienate immigrant communitiesincluding Latinos and Asian Americanswith dehumanizing rhetoric (immigration advocates oppose use of the term illegal alien). Whats more, because of his popularity with base voters in Georgia, he stands a decent chance of winning the nomination and representing the GOP in the states Senate race this fall. In which case, he becomes a huge liability to the Republican Party and its diversity efforts.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/07/illegal-aliens-will-take-your-tax-dollars-turn-georgia-blue-says-tea-party-republican.html
Another fringe right-wing wacko Senate candidate. While he is obviously deranged, he may continue a republican tradition of crazies winning the nomination and losing the general election.
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(47,953 posts)If he gets the nom he will likely win.