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How Democrats will win — by standing up for the victims of Republican hate-speech. Kudos to Hillary!
After Jeb Bush was called out for using the offensive term “anchor baby” to describe immigrant children (a reference to the belief that immigrants are flocking to America to have children just so they can stay in the country), he defensively asked a reporter, “Give me another word for ‘anchor baby.'” Hillary had a few suggestions:
Hillary Clinton
?@HillaryClinton
How about "babies," "children," or "American citizens."
?@HillaryClinton
How about "babies," "children," or "American citizens."
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/634426115436740608
And again when Jeb used the term “anchor baby,” Hillary was there to remind him that he could just use common decency if his goal wasn’t to appeal exclusively to racists.
Hillary Clinton
?@HillaryClinton
They're called babies.
?@HillaryClinton
They're called babies.
Kudos to Hillary Clinton for reminding cynical Americans that
there’s a big difference between the two parties:
Only one seems to have humanity.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/20/hillary-clinton-just-used-two-tweets-to-show-republican-candidates-are-being-racist-aholes/
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