Anchor baby Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) lashed out at America and declared her love for a country besides the one that allowed her to grow up and work in Congress.
Of course, Ramirez is doubling down!
Here’s how it started.
Ramirez said, “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.”
Ramirez also described America as a country out of the freaking 1500s, accusing it “of prioritizing ‘imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.'”
Am I…am I reading about the Spanish conquistadors?!
Well, after the backlash, Ramirez feigned shock that people criticized her for…celebrating her Guatemalan roots. From Fox News:
“Let’s call it what it is: today’s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government. It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress —who betray their oath each day they enable Trump— are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” she asserted.”No one questions when my white colleagues identify as Irish-American, Italian-American, or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestry. I’ve consistently expressed pride in my heritage and history – a pride also often reflected in the origin stories of my colleagues. Only those who believe America should not include the children of immigrants or be diverse would attack me – and Americans like me – for honoring my roots,” Ramirez continued.Ramirez stated that honoring her “Guatemalan ancestry” strengthens her “commitment to America,” adding that she is one of many Americans who represent the “idea of America.””We are the living and breathing realization of the idea of America – a place where a multicultural, multiracial democracy can prosper. I am the daughter of immigrants and the daughter of America. I am both Chapina and American. I am from both Guatemala and Chicago, Illinois.”Anyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is,” Ramirez concluded.
Yes, Ramirez, let’s call it what it is because it takes a lazy person not to interpret your statement correctly: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.”
You consider yourself a Guatemalan first, American second.
To the shock of no one, Ramirez belongs to the “Squad.”
Ramirez’s mom came to America while pregnant with her. Her mom and dad are U.S. citizens, but I cannot find when they became U.S. citizens. The way she speaks about them, I believe, is recent.
Oh, Ramirez’s husband isn’t an American citizen.
Boris Hernandez arrived in America when he was 14. He’s been staying here due to former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
But let’s go back to Ramirez’s mother.
Apparently, Ramirez’s mom risked her own life to reach America and give the child inside her a better life:
According to the story Ramirez grew up hearing, when her mom crossed the Rio Grande, strong currents nearly swept her away. She’d hidden her pregnancy from others on the journey, but in that moment she called out in desperation, “Help! Help! Save me! Save my daughter!” A man did, Ramirez says, but after that day, her mom never saw him again.As she struggled with depression as a teenager, Ramirez says her mom would frequently invoke this part of her past, saying, “I nearly died so that you could be born. Now I have to fight to keep you alive.”
Your mother literally risked her life to provide you with a better life.
Look, you can disagree with anything going on in America. It’s still the best place to live, including Guatemala.
Again, your mother fled Guatemala for America, meaning America is better than Guatemala.
You can be proud of your heritage. Everyone knows I love my Italian heritage. My great-grandparents came here from southern Italy in the 1920s.
But give me a break. How about you push harder to reform our immigration system?
You know what made me laugh harder? The fact that Ramirez made these comments in Mexico City.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to become a naturalized citizen of Mexico??
Oh, honey. If you don’t qualify under birthright or descent, you are in for a challenge, just like in America. Mexico also requires you to take a language proficiency test and prove knowledge of Mexican culture.
One more thing. Mexico, like America, makes you “provide evidence of integration into society.”
It sounds like Mexico doesn’t have an easy immigration system as well.
And yet these far-leftists go to Mexico and complain about America, even though Mexico has similar laws handling illegal aliens, including an increase in deportations.
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