Confused Sen. Menendez Comes Apart on TV, Hits Trump for Saying Drunk Driving Illegals Are 'Criminal'
Democrats’ pro-illegal immigrant fervor is reaching a fever pitch. Now, one is taking that a step further, implying that illegals driving under the influence are not criminals.
In an appearance on Wolf Blitzer’s “The Situation Room” earlier this week, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey took a confusing stand for illegals.
Responding to a statement about ICE’s need for beds, the Democratic lawmaker opened up a tirade against those trying to hold illegals accountable to the law. At one point, he even put up a seeming defense of those caught drunk driving.
Watch his statements below.
The short clip begins with Blitzer reading off a statement by the deputy director of ICE. Menendez was quick to slam both ICE and the president.
“The reason they are already 8,000 over their budgeted amount, so they’re violating the budget, is because of the president’s zero-tolerance policy that has turned everyone, regardless of their record, into a criminal,” Menendez said.
“If you cross the border undocumented, he has now made you a criminal.”
Not so fast, Bob.
As even PolitiFact admits, while being in the United States undocumented is not technically a crime, crossing the border illegally is. This isn’t part of President Donald Trump’s agenda — it’s a U.S. law that’s already on the books.
Apparently unaware of his own country’s laws, Menendez’s rant eventually takes a head-scratching turn.
“If a person has a driving while under the influence violation, he is now making that- saying that that’s a criminal,” he told the CNN host.
“Violent criminals, yes; we not only want to see those persons not only arrested and detained, we want to see them deported.”
Although a little drunk driving may seem harmless to Menendez, it is, in reality, often disastrously violent.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, accidents with alcohol-impaired drivers kill one person every 50 minutes. In 2016 alone, drunk driving killed more than 10,000 people.
Drunk driving also makes you a criminal, regardless of what Menendez says. The Governor’s Highway Safety Association confirms that driving with a .08 BAC level will put you behind bars in every single state in America, and rightly so.
Unfortunately, Menendez and other Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., seem hellbent on protecting illegals in our nation from the consequences of their actions.
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