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Joe Miller, R-Douchebag

Alaska Republican says immigrants are gang members who will take your guns away
By Arturo Garcia
Thursday, August 14, 2014 17:15 EDT

A Tea Party Repubilcan senatorial candidate in Alaska says a vote for immigration reform would imperil the Second Amendment and gun ownership in America. And to make that point, he’s put images of Mexican gang members on a flier that’s so over the top, it’s become a news story, Think Progress reported.

A flyer for Joe Miller’s campaign features the image, taken from a 2007 book, Young and Lethal: Life in a Mexican Drug Cartel, and says incumbent Sen. Mark Begich (D-AZ) “wants them to vote.”

“If 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the 2nd Amendment goodbye,” a quote attributed to Miller states. “I am the only candidate who favors Voter ID.”



That same day, Miller defended the use of the image in a primary debate. But instead of citing sources related to immigration, he used remarks made by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during an interview with Fox News. According to Miller, Cruz said immigrant children were being forced to cut other children’s fingers off.