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Buchanan equated purported rift in minority voters to "war" in South Central L.A., prisons
Buchanan recently claimed that the phrase "Sí, se puede" -- the motto of the United Farm Workers, often translated as "Yes, we can" -- is "the cause of the illegal immigration movement and the amnesty movement." He has also previously predicted that immigration will result in the "complete balkanization of America." Further, he has claimed that illegal immigration constitutes an invasion of the United States of America and that it threatens to reduce America to "a polyglot boarding house for the world, a tangle of squabbling minorities."
Buchanan equated purported rift in minority voters to "war" in South Central L.A., prisons
Summary: Responding to columnist Eugene Robinson's statement that "I can't think of a whole lot of situations where there's an actual clash between Latino and African American issues," Pat Buchanan cited gang wars "in South Central L.A." and "in the prisons" as evidence that tensions between African Americans and Latinos would affect voting in the Democratic primary. Buchanan said, "I regret to say you're mistaken about the African-American community and the Hispanics. South Central L.A., there is a turf war going on. There's a war in the prisons. People who don't understand that don't understand America, I'm sorry to say."
During MSNBC's coverage of the South Carolina Democratic primary, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said, "I can't think of a whole lot of situations where there's an actual clash between Latino and African American issues." He added, "I think there is a perception that they're at odds, but I don't think they really are to that extent." Following Robinson's comments, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough asked MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan, "Final grim thoughts for us tonight?" In response, Buchanan cited gang wars "in South Central L.A. [Los Angeles]" and "in the prisons" as evidence that tensions between African Americans and Latinos would affect voting in the Democratic primary. Buchanan said: "I regret to say you are mistaken about the African American community and the Hispanics. South Central L.A., there is a turf war going on. There's a war in the prisons." Buchanan continued, "People who don't understand that don't understand America, I'm sorry to say."
Buchanan recently claimed that the phrase "Sí, se puede" -- the motto of the United Farm Workers, often translated as "Yes, we can" -- is "the cause of the illegal immigration movement and the amnesty movement." He has also previously predicted that immigration will result in the "complete balkanization of America." Further, he has claimed that illegal immigration constitutes an invasion of the United States of America and that it threatens to reduce America to "a polyglot boarding house for the world, a tangle of squabbling minorities."
