The Republican Party, long an advocate of cheap foreign labor, isn't about to change its immigrationstripes at this stage of the game.
So why pretend otherwise?
In wake of the dismal August jobs report, here is what two-faced Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said:
“It’s not fair that Democrats’ pursuit of a misguided agenda has left so many Americans without good-paying jobs, and it's deeply troubling that the labor force participation rate is at the lowest level in 35 years. Republicans in Congress and Republican governors across the country will continue to fight on the side of the American worker.”
Don't forget that it was less than a month ago that Preibus bowed deeply from the waist to the illegal alien lobby when he called presidential candidate Mitt Romney's use of the term self-deportation "horrific."
Speaking of horrific, how does Priebus' statement about Republicans fighting for American workers square with the 14 Republican senators below who voted for the Senate amnesty bill (S. 744) that would give work permits to 11 million illegal aliens, including the 7 million already holding non-farming payroll jobs, and double annual legal immigration to 2 million people while 20 million Americans can't find full-time work?
- Alexander (R-TN)
- Ayotte (R-NH)
- Chiesa (R-NJ)
- Collins (R-ME)
- Corker (R-TN)
- Flake (R-AZ)
- Graham (R-SC)
- Hatch (R-UT)
- Heller (R-NV)
- Hoeven (R-ND)
- Kirk (R-IL)
- McCain (R-AZ)
- Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rubio (R-FL)
In the House, we have Wisconsin's Rep. Paul Ryan (R-1st), who Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-4th) calls his "guiding light" on the issue of betraying their fellow citizens while pursuing Hispanic votes, the majority of which will always land in the Democratic column no matter what Republicans do to curry favor with the nation's fastest-growing minority group.
There is no easy way to say it: Republicans and Democrats are waging total war against American workers at all skill levels.
This is something to be remembered in 2014 when congressional incumbents come around asking to be re-elected because they want to "finish the job." And especially those newcomers to politics who say that if elected, "it won't be business as usual" in Washington.