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{"id":6977,"date":"2025-03-06T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democrats-slam-gop-campaign-committee-labeling-new-york-lawmaker-an-illegal-immigrant\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:18:43","slug":"democrats-slam-gop-campaign-committee-labeling-new-york-lawmaker-an-illegal-immigrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democrats-slam-gop-campaign-committee-labeling-new-york-lawmaker-an-illegal-immigrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats slam GOP campaign committee labeling New York lawmaker an \u2018illegal immigrant\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>House Republicans\u2019 campaign arm directly attacked Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/193043\" data-person-id=\"193043\">Adriano Espaillat<\/a>\u2019s immigration status, drawing condemnation from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats literally chose an illegal immigrant to give their response to President Trump&#8217;s address,\u201d the National Republican Congressional Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRCC\/status\/1897422120239685810\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a> on Wednesday, adding that \u201cDemocrats couldn&#8217;t be more disconnected from the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The direct attack of Espaillat, the first Dominican American member of Congress and a former undocumented immigrant, was met with a swift response from top Democrats who called the post racist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are disgusting,\u201d House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/196306\" data-person-id=\"196306\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/1897460933988856305\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said the GOP \u201cisn\u2019t even trying to hide its racism anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Speaker @MikeJohnson leading the charge, they wear their bigotry like a badge of honor \u2014 absolutely despicable! @RepEspaillat is a sitting member of Congress, an American citizen, and a dedicated public servant,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kenmartin73\/status\/1897504274734522480\" target=\"_blank\">Martin said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/189136\" data-person-id=\"189136\">Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-Ariz.) said \u201cWhoever is the intern @NRCC that tweeted this racist shit needs to be fired\u201d in his own <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RubenGallego\/status\/1897475323375026392\" target=\"_blank\">post to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Espaillat delivered Democrats\u2019 Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump\u2019s joint address to Congress earlier this week. He and his family overstayed a tourist visa when he was a child but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/personality\/2017\/03\/rep-adriano-espaillat-is-a-symbol-of-opposition-to-donald-trump-but-will-he-get-anything-done\/181834\/\" target=\"_blank\">received green cards within a year<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Espaillat, who has now been a U.S. citizen for decades and chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, has proudly labeled himself a \u201cformer undocumented immigrant turned progressive Congressman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Democrat has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/adriano-espaillat-trump-immigration-policies-235260\" target=\"_blank\">battled with Trump on immigration policies<\/a> dating back to his first term.<\/p>\n<p>The NRCC doubled down on its language, responding to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul calling the post \u201cVile, ignorant, and racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats caring more about policing words and fighting facts instead of policing our border and fighting crime shows just how out of touch they are,\u201d said NRCC spokesperson Mike Marinella, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRCC\/status\/1897450825422623076\" target=\"_blank\">echoing the NRCC\u2019s response to Hochul online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Espaillat\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats, too, have used their political opponents\u2019 citizenship status in recent attacks.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51659\" data-person-id=\"51659\">Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez<\/a> (D-N.Y.) told Elon Musk, who has led Trump\u2019s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, to \u201cgo back to South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk was born in South Africa but has been a U.S. citizen for decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was interesting yesterday \u2014 I was watching a video of an interview of Elon Musk where he said the Italians should stay in Italy and the Chinese should stay in China. My question to Elon Musk is \u2014 what the hell are you doing here in America?&#8221; Vel\u00e1zquez said at a rally outside HUD, misrepresenting an interview Musk gave where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/16\/europe\/elon-musk-italy-political-convention-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">he was encouraging people to have children and reverse declining birth rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has railed against illegal immigration in the United States. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1873187030785769964\" target=\"_blank\">has said he supports<\/a> \u201ca highly selective immigration policy\u201d in the U.S. and has implied immigration could lead to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1895122570527015333\" target=\"_blank\">loss of distinct cultures globally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vel\u00e1zquez\u2019s comments led to a slew of condemnation from Republicans, including from the White House\u2019s rapid response team, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1896698169771319804\" target=\"_blank\">which called the comments<\/a> \u201ccompletely unhinged.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans\u2019 campaign arm directly attacked Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat\u2019s immigration status, drawing condemnation from Democrats. \u201cDemocrats literally chose an illegal immigrant to give their response to President Trump&#8217;s address,\u201d the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote on X on Wednesday, adding that \u201cDemocrats couldn&#8217;t be more disconnected from the American people.\u201d The direct attack of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}