Texas is drawing a slew of stars to a tiny town called Tornillo, but they’re not there to shoot a movie … they’re rallying to keep immigrant families together at the border. Amber Heard, Mira Sorvino, Lena Dunham, Sia, Joshua Jackson, Cara…
Showing posts with label Immigrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immigrant. Show all posts
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
President Trump Says He"ll Sign Executive Order to Keep Immigrant Families Together
The national outrage has been heard, and President Trump says he will act immediately and stop separating immigrant families at the border. During a meeting with Republican lawmakers, POTUS said he will be “signing an executive order” that will…
Rachel Maddow Cries, Can"t Finish Report on Immigrant Kids
Rachel Maddow tried.
She really did.
Toward the end of her program on Tuesday night, the MSNBC commentator tried to read a breaking news update about the immigration crisis in America.
But the pundit grew overwhelmed by emotion while reading a report about how babies and toddlers were being taken away from their parents and placed by the government in special holding areas/shelters.
"This is incredible," Maddow said to open this segment, quickly reading a news update from the Associated Press and then relaying it ti viewers as follows:
"Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children…"
She could not maintain her composure, however, not in the face of the latest atrocity committed by this administration.
"Oh, hold on," she said midway through her sentence.
Maddow attempted to continue, but she ended up concluding her show and introducing the host of the following program, Lawrence O"Donnell, who was live in Brownsville, Texas.
After the emotional footage webt viral, Maddow took to Twitter to apologize for the breakdown and share an outline of what she intended to say during the broadcast.
"Ugh, I"m sorry," she wrote in a series of tweets, adding:
"If nothing else, it is my job to actually be able to speak while I"m on TV. What I was trying to do– when I suddenly couldn"t say/do anything – was read this lede."
Maddow then shared the entire story with her followers.
"Again, I apologize for losing it there for a moment. Not the way I intended that to go, not by a mile," Maddow said to wrap up her mea culpa.
As you might expect, the incident has drawn sympathy from Liberals and mockery from Conservatives.
Some believe Maddow was being sincere and can absolutely relate to the heartache she is experiencing while learning that young kids are being torn away from their parents at the U.S. border…
… while others are scoffing at her waterworks and using them as an example of how lame bleeding-heart Democrats can be.
We"re not here to judge, really. Just to pass the clip along because it"s now a part of the national discourse.
Check it out for yourself above.
Friday, June 15, 2018
Rep. Steve King Defends Detention Centers for Immigrant Children
Rep. Steve King doesn’t understand the fuss over immigrant children being placed in detention centers — after separation from their parents — because he says they’re getting great care and having more fun than most American kids. The Iowa…
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Teresa Giudice: Sofia Vergara Should Be Nicer Since She"s an Immigrant!
Earlier this month, NeNe Leakes went up on stage and told a heckler that she hoped that she gets raped. It was neither a good thing to say nor a good career move.
Well, there must be something awful in the air that"s making Real Housewives go up on stage and stay stupid, offensive things. This time, the perpetrator is Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice.
Teresa Giudice … being unkind? Difficult to imagine, we know. As you"ll see in the video below, the subject of her ire is none other than actress Sofia Vergara.
Teresa Giudice is getting blasted right now for some inflammatory, offensive comments that she made on stage for a panel discussion titled: "Gettin" Real With The Housewives."
Teresa, perhaps best known for flipping tables and for serving time in prison, was asked about her celebrity encounters.
The best … and the worst.
Teresa was quick to point the finger at Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara.
She describes Sofia as a "b–ch," saying that she stepped in front of her and captured the spotlight.
Oh, and Teresa also commented that Sofia should be nicer, because she"s an immigrant.
Obviously, this is offensive, potentially on multiple levels.
Let"s start with how it"s potentially unfair — Teresa seems to be describing Sofia"s entire personality based upon a single encounter in which the two women were photographed together.
But … what"s really grabbing people"s attention is the outright xenophobia and potential racism.
The suggestions that immigrants in particular should be nice or good-natured is appalling.
Sure, everyone should be nice.
Suggesting that a particular class of people are obligated to be nice … has all sorts of nasty implications and really shows that you don"t consider them to be equals.
While the folks over at TMZ who first shared this video were quick to point out the xenophobia, we think that Teresa is specifically motivated by racism.
Do you know why we think that this is racism and not more garden variety xenophobia?
Because Teresa Giudice"s husband, Joe Giudice, is an immigrant.
Seriously.
The dude"s in prison now, and it"s even possible that Joe Giudice will be deported after he finishes serving his sentence.
Joe was born in Italy, which makes him an immigrant.
What"s more is that Joe Giudice never obtained US citizenship.
So we more than suspect that Teresa doesn"t have a problem with just any old immigrant.
What"s different about Sofia? Well, she"s not a European immigrant — she"s Columbian.
Sofia also became a US citizen — even getting a perfect score on her citizenship test. Which should be easy for US citizens who were born here but requires a lot of learning for a newcomer.
(Seriously, you can take it for fun online and it"s not hard, but a disturbingly large number of native citizens would be unable to pass it)
Sofia Vergara is a celebrated, award-winning actress and the highest paid woman on television. She also ranks reasonably high up there among the most powerful women in the world, in some listings.
We guess that, to Teresa Giudice, she was born in Columbia and that makes her somehow … lesser. That"s sad.
You know what else jumps out at us about this?
Teresa Giudice believing that immigrants should be nice implies that she doesn"t believe that native citizens have to be friendly.
And that explains a lot about Teresa Giudice.
Teresa Giudice Calls Sofia Vergara a Bitch and a Not-So-Nice Immigrant
Teresa Giudice thinks Sofia Vergara acted like a “bitch” during a photo-op, which is totally out of line because — according to Teresa — Sofia’s an immigrant and oughta act nice. The ‘RHONJ’ star spilled the beans last week during a…
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Bill Clinton Moved to Tears by Albanian Immigrant ... You Saved My Life
Bill Clinton was moved to tears at a NYC restaurant after an immigrant waiter got down on his knees and credited Bill with saving his life. The former Prez and First Lady were dining Friday night at Sea Fire Grill. As they ate smoked…
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