Immigrants are like rats and roaches … yeah, she said it

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco

It was recorded on the venerable CSPAN, a place for policy-wonk viewers where discussions are broadcast live, unedited, free of gatekeeper interference. The mother-in-law of well-known conservative pol David Bossie was handed a microphone at the Citizens United sponsored South Carolina Freedom Summit.

Here’s what happened:

In case you missed them, these are the words, verbatim: “One man, one vote. People are comin’ in this country across the borders like rats and roaches in the wood pile. We’ve got a state like Minnesota that says it’s not our business to check ’em out, we just register ’em. We’ve got to get control. That’s what they need to know.”

And the crowd loved it, they cheered and applauded. And when the focus group facilitator, Frank Lutz,  regained control of the microphone, he asked the audience if they’d vote for the woman for president. Again cheers.

The freedom Summit, which took place in Greenville, North Carolina, on May 9, was attended by conservative luminaries such as Sen. Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio, former Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Rick Santorum, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Dr. Ben Carson … the list goes on.

The only comment from anyone at the Summit came from the focus group host David Luntz. He took to Twitter on May 11 and posted this in response to a Tweet by Puerto Rican technologist Raúl Colón:

@rj_c I had zero idea what she would say, as evidenced by me reaching to take the mic back from her.

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 11, 2015