A Journalist's Job

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Anderson Cooper: Journalist

I remember a time when all journalism was this hard-hitting.


The story behind this is typical GOP operating procedure. Rep. Louie Gohmert went onto the floor of the House and claimed that terrorists (Islamic of course) were sending pregnant women here to have babies. Because the babies would be born in the U.S., they would become citizens. Thus, in 15 to 20 years these babies would blow themselves up, or detonate bombs in the U.S.

The reasoning and stretches of logic aside, this appears to be one part of a bigger plan by the more racially-motivated members of the GOP to repeal the 14th Amendment. As you know, the 14th allows for “anchor babies” or babies being born on U.S. soil to automatically become citizens. This is but one prong of the GOP attack against undocumented Hispanic workers in the U.S.

To sum up, the GOP wants to stop the babies of undocumented Hispanic women from becoming citizens by using fear to rally their base against the 14th Amendment.

Written by Eric on August 14, 2010