Arizona Senator questions loyalty of foreign-born lawmakers, some from his own caucus

[RandySF]

Arizona Sen. Vince Leach, a Tucson Republican, shared a meme on Facebook decrying foreign-born politicians, even though members of his own caucus were born outside the country.

“There are 32 foreign born members of Congress!” the meme says, alongside an image of Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar, long a target of Islamophobic attacks. “Who do they really represent?”

Leach posted the image to both his personal and candidate Facebook pages along with the caption “Question of the day.” Leach did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

He’s correct that 32 members of Congress were born outside of the United States — nine Republicans and 23 Democrats. One of them is Arizona Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani who was born in Mexico, and became a citizen through the naturalization process.





https://azmirror.com/briefs/arizona-senator-questions-loyalty-of-foreign-born-lawmakers-some-from-his-own-caucus/

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Senator ? A Mr. Schwarzenegger on line 2 ... nt

[eppur_se_muova]

2. 32 is a pretty low number, proportionately less than the general population.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Well, we know that zero Republicans represent their Democratic constituents.

P.S. Does accepting Russian or Saudi bribes make one question a lawmaker's loyalty?

[Ptah]

4. Sen. Vince Leach gives snowbirds a bad reputation.

Leach was a mineral-products salesman in Wisconsin until 2009, when he retired to Arizona.

Leach criticized Arizona public schoolteachers over the 2018 Arizona teachers' strike and for wearing red shirts to support salary increases


In 2019, Leach sponsored legislation that would give unrestricted power to the Arizona attorney general to rewrite the ballot text of citizen voter initiatives.

In 2020, Leach sponsored legislation to weaken the 1998 Voter Protection Act

Leach sponsored several anti-medical marijuana bills in the state Senate; none advanced.

In 2020, Leach promoted the conspiracy theory QAnon

In 2022, Leach sponsored Arizona legislation to give the legislature the power to overturn election results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Leach