On Thursday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) praised pro-amnesty advocates like Haley Barbour, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and John McCain as “enlightened Republicans” and slammed Breitbart News for opposing his amnesty agenda.
After saying earlier in the week that George W. Bush would be the last Republican president if Congress does not pass amnesty legislation, Gutierrez offered more unsolicited advice by urging conservatives to follow Barbour, McCain, and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who co-wrote the Senate’s amnesty bill, instead of Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian, who said that there was no difference between Gutierrez and Barbour on amnesty issues.
“Enlightened Republicans like Haley Barbour – and a lot of other national Republican leaders from George W. Bush to Jeb Bush to [Chris Christie] – are trying to get more of their Republican brothers and sisters to see they are coming down on the wrong side of the law and order debate on immigration,” Gutierrez said in his keynote address at a National Journal immigration event. “I think Republicans are smart enough to walk away from Steve King and Mark Krikorian and head in the direction of Haley Barbour, John McCain, and Jeff Flake.”
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