Congressman Mike Coffman was a loud supporter of the extreme anti-immigrant agenda long before Donald Trump rode his xenophobia to the top of the Republican polls. Trump may be hogging all the attention and crowding out his rivals, but his outrageous views towards immigrants and Latinos are common in the Republican Party. In fact, it is fair to say that Trump is Tancredo/Coffman 2.0.
Unlike Trump, within the past few years Mike Coffman has been awkwardly running/stumbling away from this anti-immigrant legacy as fast as he can. In fact, he started learning Spanish – I know because he attempted to speak with me in Spanish during an event we both attended in 2013. But, despite his newfound bilingualism, the truth is that Coffman is alarmingly similar to Trump. Let us take a closer look at the facts:
Birther Movement: Trump & Coffman both questioned whether or not President Obama was born in America. Coffman was even so bold as to declare that “in his heart” President Obama is “not an American.” Three years later, Trump is still trumpeting the same sad rhetoric.
Ending Birthright Citizenship: Trump & Coffman both want to end birthright citizenship. Interestingly, then-District Attorney Ken Buck held a similar position in 2010 when he challenged Senator Michael Bennet for the U.S. Senate seat. I wrote an op-ed piece on Buck’s patently unconstitutional position by citing an 1898 U.S. Supreme Court case that firmly held that a U.S.-born son of Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment. The case stemmed from a purely racist attack on Chinese immigrants. Trump & Coffman’s position is a purely racist attack primarily on Mexican immigrants. How sad is it that an 1898 U.S. Supreme Court is more forward thinking than these 21st century representatives of the Republican Party?
Building the Wall: Trump & Coffman want to build a wall or fence along the 1,954 mile US-Mexico border. Coffman actually made a big deal of introducing legislation to complete a fence, which he called an “effective” defense. This position is laughable for too many reasons to list. But, let us keep in mind that while Coffman wants to build a 1,954 mile wall, he cannot even manage a disastrous VA project in his own district.
Offensive Rhetoric: Trump & Coffman use hyperbolic and offensive rhetoric towards immigrants to make you believe that all of your troubles are because of somebody else. The real troubles, however, start and stop with the worst Congress in U.S. history wholly controlled by Coffman’s party. Maybe Coffman should actually do some work that helps the people.
Although Mike Coffman believes that learning Spanish would endear him to immigrant communities, his rhetoric and record only demonstrate that he is now effective in offending good, hard-working people in two languages. Let us not forget that he also fought to change the Voting Rights Act to ban multilingual ballots in areas with large populations of non-proficient English speakers (telling people they ought to grab a dictionary).
Redistricting threw Coffman into a Congressional district where he had to face the same people he stoked xenophobic fears against. Since then, Mike “Tancredo is my Hero” Coffman has been bottling up his true positions, leaving minority communities in the 6thCongressional District feeling concerned that his xenophobia will soon uncork itself.
The Denver Post once said that it has been “difficult to pin him down on specifics.” The reason why Coffman does not want to give specifics is because it will require him to show his poker hand – a hand that has a joker in it with the face of a Trump.
Representative Joe Salazar represents Colorado House District 31
Legal immigration done according to the law is right. However Salazar is an anything goes proponent, that only supports laws when they benefit his agenda.
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Didn’t know that management of anything pertaining to the VA is part of Coffman’s responsibility. The VA is part of the executive branch and hence under the mismanagement of president Obama.
If Salazar actually thinks a lone Colorado representative is entirely responsible for Trump’s current profile–considering that most GOP leaders are lukewarm on the subject, at best, due to their Chamber of Commerce ties–he’s dumber than I could have imagined. Stating that Coffman is responsible for the VA mess when the Denver Post already did a very extensive expose on the incompetency within the VA itself on this project, essentially confirms it.
Yes, but Morgan can not win this district if she is about total amnesty. The moderates/indis in the south will vote against this.
That is what she stands for though.
We asked her a while back; over a year ago if she would consider a what is it called a constitutional convention where they talk about issues to amend the US constitution and specifically on birth right citizenship. She was very much against this as if others were able to take advantage of this; she wanted it to continue.
This is 300000 to 700000 per year and that doesn’t include birth tourism with an 18 trillion dollar and counting national debt so this is something that effects everyone as the entitlements are blowing up due to this and as well medicare / caid with the state expending due to Obama care. The state’s budget has to balance so this going up by a lot makes the state have to make other choices so
that other things aren’t funded.
NO amnesty. NO work permits. NO nothing but deportation.
First off, those in the north district will also fight against such a stand.
Simple question; if somebody is age 17 and signs up for the military, but upon retirement is found to have been their illegally, should they their benefits or be thrown in jail?
If you follow what goes on with immigration in Congress; Coffman is right up there advocating for illegals over US citizens. Drives those of us who are pro enforcement up the wall but he still does it. He might get a shock in 2016 when a lot of people skip the cd 6 slot on the ballot.
He has been doing this since 2012 too.
NO amnesty. NO work permits. NO nothing but deportation.