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ExciteBike66

(2,297 posts) Thu May 17, 2018, 07:21 AM May 2018

Best part about the "Lawyer calling ICE on two employees speaking Spanish" story... [View all]

The best part, to me, is that the lawyer claims he "paid for their welfare", when they are in fact working a paying job right in front of him.

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/05/jerk-videotaped-threatening-to-call-ice-on-two-women-speaking-spanish-to-each-other-obviously-hes-a-lawyer/

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Best part about the "Lawyer calling ICE on two employees speaking Spanish" story... [View all] ExciteBike66 May 2018 OP

There are work requirements for welfare oberliner May 2018 #1

But there are other requirements too FBaggins May 2018 #12

So everyone working that can speak Spanish is on welfare ? lunasun May 2018 #13

I am wondering the same damn thing. IluvPitties May 2018 #21

Including my brother and his two children malaise May 2018 #43

Why on earth would you leftynyc May 2018 #49

You just can't fucking help yourself, can you. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2018 #17

+1 geardaddy May 2018 #40

I thought welfare didn't exist anymore? mcar May 2018 #24

You assume these people are on welfare? EffieBlack May 2018 #25

Every day and on any thread critical of republicans. Kingofalldems May 2018 #31

And if it includes an opportunity to defend racist behavior, all the better EffieBlack May 2018 #34

++++++++ The Polack MSgt May 2018 #44

Looking for work is not the same as working. awesomerwb1 May 2018 #54

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Kinda like when black dudes talk jive in front of you... ExciteBike66 May 2018 #3

"arrogant, snobby and annoying"? JHB May 2018 #4

... demmiblue May 2018 #5

LMAO. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #7

Wow - I should really be bent out of shape. A couple had a conversation in Japanese Vinca May 2018 #8

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Buh-Bye! demmiblue May 2018 #9

Lo Siento. LuckyCharms May 2018 #10

Oh fuck off! See? At least I said it in English. Funny thing is you thought this stupid shit was Guy Whitey Corngood May 2018 #11

It is clearly all part of his economic anxiety that is all. He can be talked out of it . lunasun May 2018 #14

You know he was coveting that cashier position! ExciteBike66 May 2018 #15

Lol Solomon May 2018 #26

Also they only got the job because they are forced to work for welfare All black and brown are lunasun May 2018 #33

It should be obvious that there is no reasoning with Trump supporters missingm May 2018 #16

Well that certainly deserved a whole new thread. MGKrebs May 2018 #18

If you don't like it, don't read it! ExciteBike66 May 2018 #19

Don't have much choice since it pushed other threads about it down the list. MGKrebs May 2018 #20

You cannot choose whether or not to click on a topic at DU? ExciteBike66 May 2018 #22

No block - you are entitled to your opinion..eom asiliveandbreathe May 2018 #53

Que? Galileo126 May 2018 #23

Nope, the best part is that I read someone paid for a Mariachi band to serenade his office. phylny May 2018 #27

Now that would be the best part.....nt 2naSalit May 2018 #29

Notice this in the story: "one-fifth of the people ICE detains turn out to actually be citizens" FSogol May 2018 #28

+1 2naSalit May 2018 #30

Indeed! kag May 2018 #37

20% one-fifth is 20%. Caliman73 May 2018 #59

Seriously, if 20% of my work was errors and mistakes, I'd be out of a job toot sweet. FSogol May 2018 #61

A Quarter Of That Would Sink Most Any of Us ProfessorGAC May 2018 #64

I dunno, post-Obama, ICE has been an unregulated Federal police force. Instead of ICE jackets FSogol May 2018 #66

Unfortunately, You're Likely Right! ProfessorGAC May 2018 #72

More info on this disturbing problem IronLionZion May 2018 #69

Karma might be coming around quick in this case: FSogol May 2018 #32

YaaaaY!!! By a Congressman no less! That has some bite! Kittycow May 2018 #35

Excellent! kag May 2018 #38

On Shaun King's Twitter, there's a new video of this guy Kittycow May 2018 #47

The guy definitely has a major screw loose. Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #55

I hope he does get more than a slap on the wrist! Kittycow May 2018 #56

So he's against all tourism rusty fender May 2018 #60

Saw that video yesterday, but didn't realize he is a LAWYER! Shitty attitude to take to court. George II May 2018 #36

Unless that moron speaks Navajo or Siouan or some other native dialect... kag May 2018 #39

Bingo. geardaddy May 2018 #41

Welsh speakers deal with getting the language thing every day in their own damn country. geardaddy May 2018 #42

That used to happen in Boonville, California, too Brother Buzz May 2018 #48

The thing about Welsh, though is that it has legal status in Wales. geardaddy May 2018 #50

Boontling isn't quite Welsh... tonedevil May 2018 #58

Some great wine grapes are grown in the area, too Brother Buzz May 2018 #62

I love all that area... tonedevil May 2018 #67

well, Michael Cohen barbtries May 2018 #45

That lawyer had better never take a vacation to see the Prado museum DFW May 2018 #46

Supposedly he lived and studied in Madrid for some time. Tipperary May 2018 #52

Yep. Schlossberg is a crazy asshole dalton99a May 2018 #51

Oh good Lord. Kittycow May 2018 #57

A lawyer would have to know that someone can't be undocumented AND collecting welfare regardless gollygee May 2018 #63

I just figured this out, ExciteBike66 May 2018 #65

Shrodinger's immigrant is both stealing jobs and too lazy to work IronLionZion May 2018 #68

He'd better not come to Miami. Scurrilous May 2018 #70

The BEST part is that from now on, potential clients can know this guy is too stupid to hire A HERETIC I AM May 2018 #71