Bumped and Updated:
This is unexcusable – perhaps THIS is why she resigned – or was she forced to resign?
This comes from an article from the Union Leader discussing Tom Tancredo, former Republican candidate for President as he visited BAE Systems as a campaign stop. The below was left as a response to the article (the Union Leader allows comments on its articles):
Tancredo and his allies are xenophobics with strong ties to white supremacists groups. NH is going back to the times of segregation, and bringing back KKK.
– Representative Lily Mesa, Manchester
If indeed this was her feelings and her writing, there is absolutely no excuse for it. Given my conversations and emails with her, I am not surprised.
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For quite sometime, I was reporting about the attempt by Lily Mesa and Susie Nord (Democrats in the State House) to have HB404 passed here in NH. This bill, if implemented, would have made it illegal for any law enforcement agent or official to ask anyone their immigration status.
Well, that bill failed. I am happy to report that I am hearing that one of the legislators has decided to resign. From talk show host, Micheal Graham at his blog "the natural truth":
Sad news for John McCain, Ted Kennedy and amnesty supporters across America: Rep. Lily Mesa has resigned from the New Hampshire state legislature.
According to some of her fellow legislators, she is resigning in part because her pro-amnesty, anti-enforcement bill was soundly defeated in the legislature. It would have banned any state or local resources from being used in any way to help enforce immigration laws. That proposal wasn’t popular with the New Hampshire Union-Leader, or the people of New Hampshire.
Good. and. riddance.
HB404 was a lame idea to begin with, and they refused to even defend it in public. If you are unwilling to defend your agendas in public, they deserve to be defeated.
Yippee!!
(H/T: Mike P)