All of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and fearmongering
spread by Rosanna Pulido of the Illinois
Minutemen Project appears to be catching up with her in her GOP bid for the 5th Congressional
District seat.
Pulido’s sloppy nominating petitions -- which allegedly contain hundreds of invalid and mismatched signatures and lack proper notarization -- are facing “a vigorous petition challenge” by Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) director Josh Hoyt, who lives in the 5th District. From a statement issued by Hoyt yesterday:
“For years Ms. Pulido has poisoned the immigration debate with her vitriol, preventing rational debate on reasonable solutions for our broken immigration system. Now it is clear that her demagoguery was only to build a platform for her political ambitions [...]
“If Ms. Pulido’s has not followed the rules and does not have enough valid signatures to be on the ballot, then the 5th CD will be mercifully spared from her hateful rants in pursuit of her own political ambitions.”
Pulido certainly deserves the pushback. Back in 2007, she told a House subcommittee that Chicago is “under siege by illegal aliens who speak Spanish, use public services and take jobs away from citizens.” During a May 2008 appearance on a local radio show, she suggested that the Chicago Police bring AK-47s to an (ultimately peaceful) protest by a group of immigrant rights activists. She also opposed a bill to allow detained immigrants to receive visits from members of the clergy here in Illinois. Furthermore, she is the regional field coordinator for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), whose leadership is linked to white nationalist views.
The Cook County Officers Electoral Board will weigh Hoyt's objection, along with other petition challenges in the 5th District race, at a Friday morning hearing.
Come to the 5th Congressional District Democratic candidate forum on Sunday, February 1
Comments
Carl Nyberg (not verified) on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 10:25
Pulido probably loses some credibility for advocating Russian made AK-47s for the Chicago PD.
I doubt there are any U.S. law enforcement agencies that issue AK-47s as "standard issue".
Jenny (not verified) on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 14:17
This lifelong. liberal democrat is writing a check to Rosana Pulido today. I am fed up with dems and progressives serving the US Chamber of Commerce's corrupt practice of destroying the wage, workplace, food and product safety and environmental protections that were enacted to protect working poor American citizens.
You people have sold out to the corporate elite, and not only rationalize the status quo of wealthy countries like Mexico, that encourage their people to come here illegally, so the government doesn't have to enact the reform they promised to, but desires to impose that same status quo here. It seems to me that the dems in name only and "progressives" are working hard to return slavery to the US. I will never vote for faux democrats ever again.
MJ (not verified) on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 22:35
Nice job on reporting the allegations. I don't see an update to your post, so I'll help you out. Pulido won the challenge after proving that she did, indeed, have enough valid signatures to qualify for the primary ballot.
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/02/illegal-im...
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