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Lawmaker Draws International Rebukes For ‘Illiterate Peasants’ Remark

Posted By Hatewatch Staff On April 29, 2008 @ 2:21 pm In Uncategorized | No Comments

Rep. Douglas Bruce drew audible gasps and was ordered to step down from the speaker’s podium after he criticized a bill concerning temporary visas for immigrant farm laborers by declaring that Colorado doesn’t need “5,000 more illiterate peasants.”
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