Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina was asked Thursday, during a question-and-answer after a speech, about the threat of Ebola entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border. Referring to the “hypothetical,” Wilson said, “I’m very concerned. We had people who, I’ll repeat it, the creed of Hamas: We value death more than you value life. What? That’s their creed.” […]
“Okay, well, part of their creed would be to bring persons who have Ebola into our country. It would promote their creed. And all this could be avoided by sealing the border, thoroughly. C’mon, this is the 21st century.”
At the very least, we deserve Republican congressmen who can keep their stupid conspiracies straight. The Grand Old Party line is that ISIS wants to smuggle Ebolas across our borders. Rep. No Impulse Control here can’t even remember the name of the group we’re supposed to be living in panic of, so he apparently just substitutes one in.
Note, however, that all of the people concerned that ISIS and/or Hamas will be bringing Ebola across the Mexican desert were the very same people concerned that refugees fleeing Central American violence were probably equally disease-riddled. Wilson can swap between them all interchangeably.
“I’m absolutely convinced, too, that we’ve got to seriously seal our southern border,” said Wilson. “If you have tens of thousands of children coming across the border who could have potential health issues the thought of other people coming across to me just should be stopped and avoided.”
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ISIS, Hamas, little Central American children—it’s all the same thing. And it’s always the southern border that’s the problem, because luckily our diseased enemies still do not have maps showing the existence of Canada.
