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Judi Lynn

(160,621 posts)
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 07:58 PM Jun 2018

US VP Mike Pence tells Central Americans: 'Build your lives in your homeland'

Source: Deutsche Welle



US Vice President Mike Pence said that Central American migrants who "cannot come legally" should not go to the US at all. Pence made the comments during a visit to Brazil, where he pledged US aid to Venezuelan migrants.

Date 26.06.2018

US Vice President Mike Pence met with Brazilian President Michel Temer on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and the region's Venezuelan migrant crisis.

During a joint press conference in Brasilia, Pence spoke directly to Central American migrants seeking to reach the US: "To the people of Central America, I have a message for you," Pence said. "Don't risk your lives or the lives of your children by trying to come to the United States on a road run by drug smugglers and human traffickers. If you can't come legally, don't come at all."

"Hold on to your children, build your lives in your homeland," Pence said.

Pence told reporters that his message to Central Americans came "straight from his heart."

Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/us-vp-mike-pence-tells-central-americans-build-your-lives-in-your-homeland/a-44413808



(How did Pence's heart get all the way back there?)
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US VP Mike Pence tells Central Americans: 'Build your lives in your homeland' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
What lives? These people have been threatened with death. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1
"OK, maybe you can put in a good word Turbineguy Jun 2018 #2
He practices a trashy version of xtianity JI7 Jun 2018 #3
Their country might be better if people like Pence would quit interfering. LiberalFighter Jun 2018 #4
AMEN!! The_REAL_Ecumenist Jun 2018 #8
Agreed. EarthFirst Jun 2018 #15
I wish I could do Portuguese, but El Shaman Jun 2018 #5
the following is Portuguese.......... mrmpa Jun 2018 #7
Perhaps he should MuseRider Jun 2018 #6
Pence's grandparents came from Ireland, County Sligo & Clare. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #19
ah yes....."give us your tired, your poor..." dhill926 Jun 2018 #9
They tried that and motherfuckers of your ilk like that doofus Reagan made that Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2018 #10
Okay,Richard Nixon did the same in 1953 Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #11
Pence shows again that he has no empathy sakabatou Jun 2018 #12
So seeking asylum at a port-of-entry is no longer legal? sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #13
Dear Mike Liberalagogo Jun 2018 #14
Mike Pence can go back to County Sligo Ireland and rebuild it IronLionZion Jun 2018 #16
Get off my lawn!!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2018 #17
The way I interpret Pence's speech is... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #18
pence is a shithead. period. nt Javaman Jun 2018 #20
History will remember these pieces of garbage and the trash that they spew out... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #21

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)
1. What lives? These people have been threatened with death.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 08:03 PM
Jun 2018

They have no lives to build in their homeland, asshole.

EarthFirst

(2,904 posts)
15. Agreed.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 09:07 PM
Jun 2018

Unfortunately there is such a long; convoluted history involved in understanding why this is factual; it’s far beyond the comprehension of your typical low-information voter.

“Dey just want free sh*t!”

MuseRider

(34,119 posts)
6. Perhaps he should
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 08:13 PM
Jun 2018

take his own advice. I doubt his family originated in the US. It isn't like there was no one here when ships landed and started to control the place.

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
19. Pence's grandparents came from Ireland, County Sligo & Clare.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:41 AM
Jun 2018

His family didn't want to hold onto their children and build their lives in their homeland.
Pence was named after his grandfather, Richard Michael Cawley, who emigrated from County Sligo, Ireland, to the United States through Ellis Island, following an aunt and his brother James, and became a bus driver in Chicago, Illinois.[12][13][14][15] His maternal grandmother's parents were from Doonbeg, County Clare.[16][17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
18. The way I interpret Pence's speech is...
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 11:47 PM
Jun 2018

He's essentially saying if you don't have the money to buy airline tickets into one of our international airports with asylum papers in hand, don't bother and just stay there and die. Further, just in case you're refused entry, better have money for a return ticket.

This attitude comes straight from the Repug's love of economic inequality and authoritarianism.

Christian?....NOT.....

SWBTATTReg

(22,166 posts)
21. History will remember these pieces of garbage and the trash that they spew out...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 09:51 AM
Jun 2018

Politicians like rump and pence, are ruining the profession forever w/ their continuous lies and deception to the American public. The only way they can achieve anything is to lie to themselves w/ fake facts and then fix it w/ a fake solution, and then claim it's fixed. All a bunch of baloney.

There are of course many people who truly dedicate their lives for the betterment of others, but pence and rump, NO. They wish to exclude fellow Americans from their discussions because they are simply democrats (look at rump and all of his so called cabinet meetings to pat himself on the back). So much for being president of the United States. In fact, I don't recognize rump or pence as president or vp, since they don't acknowledge us, democrats, and never will.

I wouldn't be surprised if they figured out a way to deport all democrats, e.g., must have 3 generations of americans in family history, else they get deported!

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