Censure State Rep Leo Berman
Put forth on February 23, 2009 by XicanoPwr
Posted in Immigration, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia
Netroots activists from across Texas have joined forces to launch CensureLeo.com, urging the Texas House of Representatives to censure State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) for his conduct following an immigration summit last week.
CensureLeo.com urges Texans to contact their State Representative, House Speaker Joe Straus, and House GOP Caucus Chair Larry Taylor, urging them to support a resolution of censure condemning Berman’s actions.
On Thursday, February 18, 2009, following a panel discussion sponsored by Texas Employers for Immigration Reform, Rep. Berman was engaged in a heated verbal conflict with Harry Joe, an immigration lawyer from Dallas of Chinese American descent.
The story made headlines across Texas after the Dallas Morning News first broke the story and was later picked up by the Associated Press, which reported the incident on newspaper websites across the nation.
Berman was invited to participate in a panel discussion to speak about HB254 – a bill, he authored requiring undocumented immigrants to relocate to “sanctuary cities.” After the session, he was approached by Mr. Joe to discuss the purpose of this xenophobic bill. The discussion soon turned angry.
Following their exchange, Berman told Harry Joe to “go home” (as in “back to China”) and “kiss my ass.” Mr. Joe issued an apology for his part in the incident; to date Rep. Berman has remained silent and issued no apology.
“Representative Berman’s conduct was inappropriate. We expect more from our elected officials, and his peers in the Texas House should do the right thing and pass a resolution of censure condemning his conduct,” said Vince Leibowitz, publisher of Capitol Annex and a netroots activist who helped create the website.
A list of Texas blogs that have joined the movement to censure Rep. Berman is included.
Blogs Sponsoring CensureLeo.com:
Bay Area Houston – Houston
BlueDaze - Wise County
Brains & Eggs – Houston
Capitol Annex – Mineola
Dos Centavos – Houston/Kingwood
An Examination of Free Will – Austin
Doing My Part For The Left – Austin
Job’s Anger – Amarillo
Marc’s Miscellany – Fort Worth
McBlogger – Austin
Musings – Sugar Land
North Texas Liberal – Denton
Texas Kaos – Austin
Texas Liberal – Houston
Whos Playin – Lewisville
¡Para Justica y Libertad! – Houston
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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You can add http://immigrationclearinghouse.org to your list of supporters.
Perhaps we can get this assklown defeated in the next election.
Also, anyone who is interested can help us put a rabid racista Minuteman organization out of business and their founder in prison.
http://immigrationclearinghouse.org/?p=792
Ok brutha, you got us on board with you!
http://mexicotrucker.com
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