Pelosi, an avowed liberal-left Democrat from San Francisco, condemned operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Then she called the illegal aliens in the audience she was addressing "very, very patriotic."
"Who in this country would not want to change a policy of kicking in doors in the middle of the night and sending a parent away from their families?" Pelosi said to a mostly Hispanic gathering at St. Anthony's Church in San Francisco.
Unbeknownst to Pelosi, her speech was being taperecorded and the audiotape was played by syndicated talk show host Mark Levin on Wednesday night and Fox News Channel on Thursday morning.
Speaker Pelosi is then heard saying, "It must be stopped....What value system is that? I think it's un-American. I think it's un-American."
Pelosi told the few reporters covering this story that she was invited to speak to the Latino congregation by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) as part of a national tour called United Families, which he says is "intended to put a human face on the immigration debate."
Congressman Gutierrez, who in the past called ICE agents and Border Patrol agents "Gestpo," is currently collecting signatures for a petition that demands President Barack Obama to "stop the immigration raids and deportations that are tearing our marriages, families and children apart."
He told reporters that he's expected to present those petitions when Hispanic members of Congress meet with the President next Wednesday.
Referring to work site enforcement actions by ICE agents, Pelosi said, "We have to have a change in policy and practice and again ... I can't say enough, the raids must end. The raids must end.
"You are special people. You're here on a Saturday night to take responsibility for our country's future. That makes you very, very patriotic," she's quoted as saying during her church speech.
"This is outrageous that one of the most powerful government officials would call the action of sworn law-enforcement officers' actions 'Un-American.' If anyone is Un-American here, it's Nancy Pelosi!" exclaimed an angry former-NYPD detective, Sydney Frances.
"This is par for the course with these left-wing politicians: cops are the bad guys and criminals are patriotic," he added.
"This is classic Stalinist behavior: change the meaning of the term Un-American. It now means any patriot who wants US immigration laws enforced is Un-American, while lawbreakers are called patriots. It's newspeak at its worst," said political strategist Mike Baker.
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Comments
Nancy Pelosi is "Un-American", can we deport her?
Does Nancy NOT know the Laws of the US regarding illegals? I think we should deport her to Mexico. IF she was speaking to illegals why wasn't ICE called and they could round up
a whole bunch.?She needs to be removed from Office.NOW. She was elected by US Citizens,and we can remove her.
the botoxed biotch from the flaky town of san francisco needs to be tried as a traitor for aiding and abetting illegal aliens and their supporters in to breaking US law
I am so tired of the tearing families apart argument: "Who in this country would not want to change a policy of ... sending a parent away from their families?" Illegal aliens ripped their own families apart to come here.
Is it any worse when one is sent home than what the they voluntarily did to their own family when they came here? Thousands of families are ripped apart by divorce and it isn't considered un-American.
I am a Democrat, and I find this appalling.
Nancy Palosi said, “…You are here … to take responsibility for our country’s future. That makes you very patriotic…”
What about Americans who support Immigration laws? Are WE unpatriotic? Are WE un-American?
Whether or not they are “patriotic”, or not, they are STILL OUR LAWS – until they are changed.
I HAVE A FACE TOO. I AM AN AMERICAN WHO SUPPORTS OUR LAWS OF IMMIGRATION.
I will give you a good example of THE FACE OF A TRUE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT:
My grandmother came here from Germany when she was 21. She had found a job before she came here, and she came here with the intention of becoming a citizen, which she became. AND…
My grandfather died when my father was three years old, from dust pneumonia, and my grandmother had to raise three young children on her own through the Great Depression, and the Second World War.
She always prided herself on the fact that she NEVER had to accept food stamps or welfare, and set that example for us to follow.
THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO DESERVE TO BECOME AMERICANS. So, why are you speaking in a way that degrades America and those of us who love our country?
El socialismo del Obama-Pelosi es muy bueno! Viva la Raza!
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
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