Following reports of a shooting at YouTube's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, a Republican congressman almost immediately speculated that the perpetrator “could be” an undocumented immigrant.
Appearing on the Fox Business Network to discuss migration policy, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher( R-CA) was asked by host David Asman to pivot to discussing the shooting in San Bruno, California.
The congressman's take was to connect the shooting–without a shred of evidence–to the Bay Area's liberal immigration enforcement.
” You were going to talk to me about sanctuary cities and the sanctuary nation movement, and it fits right into what you are talking about right now, ” Rohrabacher said, in a clip first spotted by ThinkProgress.” Would anyone come as a surprise? ”
The lawmaker detonation the nation of California for failing to deal with the scourge of” criminal illegal aliens. ”
Rohrabacher then continued: ” Would anyone listening to you right now suppose, ‘ Well, this certainly wouldn't be an illegal immigrant there ‘? Well it could be! ”
He ranted that” any illegal in this state should be sent back whether he's a criminal or not. ”
The Fox host did not push back on the congressman's unproven connection between the shooting and illegal immigration.
Instead, Asman replied: ” Congressman, you bring up an excellent phase. ”
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