DREAMer Erika Andiola Helps Steve King and Rand Paul Cut Campaign Ad for Democrats
Not that the Democrats need the help after the House of Representatives made an ostentatious display of passing their Fuck the Hispanic Vote bills last week, but Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) did their part for the Dems by producing some great campaign video for them last night. The only thing that was worse than spectacularly failing to pass a bill that juices deportations of children and DREAMers last Thursday was actually passing a harsher bill the next day.
Since video of a C-SPAN roll call vote isn’t that great for a 30-second campaign ad, though, DREAMer and activist Erika Andiola enlisted the aid of King and Paul, approaching them at a fundraiser in Iowa on Monday night to discuss Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) with them. Paul’s role in the drama was smaller, but perhaps more useful given his credibility relative to King. After Andiola introduces herself as a DREAMer, and shakes Paul’s hand, he abandons his sandwich in mid-bite, and high-tails it out of there like the Roadrunner. If there had been a wall in his way, he’d have left a Rand Paul-shaped hole in it.
As for King, he does an admirable job sticking to his “rule of law” talking point, and lying about his “cantaloupes” remark, but he just can’t keep himself from grabbing Andiola and testily asking “You understand the English language, right?” or keeping an aide from hassling the woman shooting the video of Andiola and fellow activist Cesar Vargas, or keeping his supporters from shouting at them to “Go Home!”
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Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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NW10 August 5th, 2014 at 17:45
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Obewon August 5th, 2014 at 18:24
Andiola introduces herself as a DREAMer, and shakes Paul’s hand, he abandons his sandwich in mid-bite, and high-tails it out of there like the Roadrunner… meep meep echos through his vast emptiness known as the Rand Canyon!
Obewon August 5th, 2014 at 18:24
Andiola introduces herself as a DREAMer, and shakes Paul’s hand, he abandons his sandwich in mid-bite, and high-tails it out of there like the Roadrunner… meep meep echos through his vast emptiness known as the Rand Canyon!
Red Eye Robot August 5th, 2014 at 22:05
Yeah, I can’t wait to see Democrats line up to tell America they are Pro Illegal Immigration!
Red Eye Robot August 5th, 2014 at 22:05
Yeah, I can’t wait to see Democrats line up to tell America they are Pro Illegal Immigration!
RioBravoHombre August 6th, 2014 at 12:17
Troll Alert!!! Trolls have received their parrot points, and their story is that Paul was REALLY heading to an interview, and that’s why he fled like a deer from a pack of Walker hounds.
RioBravoHombre August 6th, 2014 at 12:17
Troll Alert!!! Trolls have received their parrot points, and their story is that Paul was REALLY heading to an interview, and that’s why he fled like a deer from a pack of Walker hounds.