Vermont’s sole U.S. House member was lambasted on Tuesday after video surfaced of her warning Vermonters that unless the feds increase immigration to the U.S., “we’re not going to have anyone around to wipe our a**es.”
Vermont Republican Party Chairman Paul Dame said Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., should apologize for her remarks both because of the “crude choice of words” and “disturbing sentiment” that the primary reason for allowing immigrants in is to “perform labor that she deems beneath the dignity of others.”
NEW: Democrat Rep. and LGBT activist Becca Balint says we need immigrants to come to the country so we have people to “wipe out a$$es.”
Yikes. Career ending comment right there.
“If we don’t have avenues for people to come here legally to work or to build a home here … We’re… pic.twitter.com/lqJW4RGrd6
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“It seems that every month Vermonters are subjected to coarse and vulgar language from our federal representatives,” Dame lamented.