Statement: Glassman Response to McCain Comments about “Illegals” Intentionally Causing Freeway Accidents

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2010

Response to McCain Comments About “Illegals” Intentionally Causing Freeway Accidents

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Arizona candidate for U.S. Senate, Rodney Glassman, issued the following response to comments made on The O’Reilly Factor by Sen. John McCain when asked about racial profiling:

“I’ve been talking with people across Arizona who sit on both sides of the debate, and John McCain is the first person I’ve heard suggest such an epidemic, ” said U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman. “This kind of over-the-top rhetoric does nothing to bring the two sides together to hammer out common sense ways to enforce our laws and save lives.”.

Partial transcript:

O’REILLY: But what about the racial profiling? You know that’s going to happen has to happen.MCCAIN: I hope — I would be very sorry that if some of that happens. And I regret it, but I also regret the — really, it’s not just the murder of Robert Krantz. It’s the people whose homes and property are being violated. It’s the drive-by that — the drivers of cars with illegals in it that are intentionally causing accidents on the freeway. Look, our border is not secured. Our citizens are not safe.

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