Rep. Debbie Lesko says Americans, not Hispanics, need vaccine first; draws outrage

[douglas9]

Rep. Debbie Lesko said Hispanics are "very good workers" but implied they are not Americans in comments she made last week during a congressional hearing on vaccine distribution plans.

Lesko, R-Ariz., who represents a West Valley congressional district that includes Sun City, said she had compassion for Hispanics, but also equated them with illegal immigrants in a broad statement condemned as insensitive from at least one of her House colleagues.

"I worked with people that are Hispanic. I mean they're very good workers," Lesko said during the hearing. "You know, we're compassionate people, but for goodness sakes, we have to take care of American citizens, or people that are here legally, first."

"I'm just not going to be able to explain to my senior citizens that we're giving away the vaccines to people that (are) here illegally. I just think that's totally wrong."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/15/rep-debbie-lesko-says-americans-not-hispanics-need-vaccine-first/6755426002/

[Kali]

1. that dumbas migrant needs to go back to where ever she came from

Wisconsin I think?

[LakeArenal]

2. Shit damn. I hope Costa Rica doesn't treat us that way.

[Doreen]

3. OK you stupid b***h then what you need to do is get all vaccines first to all of the

Indian reservations. If you want to talk who was here first. Oh, yeah, Texas....they were there first also along with other states bordering Mexico.

[procon]

4. Maybe she should ask those Hispanic folks to

Explain how compassion works.

[monmouth4]

5. I think/hope she just lost her re-election...n/t

[dchill]

6. When they say what they really feel...

... it's always ugly.

[mzmolly]

7. WTF?

[Chainfire]

8. Perhaps she just wants to keep the pandemic going.

[atreides1]

9. I lived in Arizona for 8 years

Sun City is like Johannesburg, South Africa...during Apartheid...one of the most racist areas in the United States...the population there makes the deep south look like an NAACP member!!!