It Looks Like to Me if Shooting These Immigrating Feral Hogs Works Maybe We Have A Solution to Immigration (1067 hits)

Last week we told you about Virgil Peck, the Kansas Republican who said immigrants should be shot like pigs. Since then, more than 38,000 Presente.org members have called for Peck's resignation. Yet, not one Republican has condemned his remarks. So we're taking the fight to their doorstep this Thursday when we'll deliver our petitions to the Kansas Republican Party's headquarters. In order to make the greatest impact, we need as many voices speaking out as possible.
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Here's a direct quote from Kansas State Representative Virgil Peck, from a recent legislative budget hearing:

“It looks like to me if shooting these immigrating feral hogs works maybe we have found a [solution] to our illegal immigration problem.”
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When questioned about his remarks, Peck tried to play them off as a joke. He then claimed that he was just was just “speaking like a southeast Kansas person.” It’s an insult to Kansas that he would justify his racist remarks by indicating that they are just part of the course in his state. It was only under pressure from grassroots groups, Governor Sam Brownback and the Republican leadership of the Kansas House of Representatives that Rep. Peck issued a two-sentence apology, saying that his “statements were regrettable,” and to “please accept my apology.”

That's not enough. It’s time to hold politicians like Rep. Peck accountable for their hateful rhetoric.


Since 2003, we’ve seen a 40% increase in hate crimes against Latinos, and the Southern Poverty Law Center just released a new study that counted 1,002 active hate groups in the United States in 2010—a 40% increase from 2009. It's in this environment that the shocking murder of Brisenia Flores took place. Please join us in calling on Virgil Peck to resign from the Kansas State Legislature and for the state and national Republican Party to call for his resignation immediately. Click below to sign, and after you do please ask your friends and family to do the same:

http://act.presente.org/go/254?akid=314.16...

Thanks and ¡adelante!
Laurie, Joaquin, Favianna, Laura, Carlos, Felipe and the rest of the Presente.org team






Posted By: Jen Fad
Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 at 8:16PM
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