Shri Thanedar Calls GOP Colleague Ogles 'Unhinged Anti-immigrant Racist' On House Floor

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In House floor remarks on Friday morning, Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) condemned Rep. Andy Ogles' (R-TN) recent "'anti-immigrant" rhetoric against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor immigrants. Throughout American history, immigrants of

00:11all kinds have made our country great. Sergey Brin invented Google and Madeleine Albright

00:19blazed trails as the first female Secretary of State. But instead of celebrating this diversity,

00:27many Republicans want to shame immigrants. On Tuesday, Johran Mandani, an immigrant from Uganda,

00:36won the New York mayoral primary. Representative Andy Ogles promptly went on an unhinged anti-immigrant

00:44racist rant throughout yesterday and today, calling this freely elected man and U.S. citizen

00:52little Muhammad, called for revoking his citizenship and for him to be deported with no just cause.

01:02We must always condemn hate. I have introduced a censure resolution, House Resolution 553,

01:11against Andy Ogles for his horrific anti-immigrant sentiment. Immigrants make our country great.

01:19And I yield back. For what purpose does it work?

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