Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050023347

Because they know and I know what we are talking about. They are talking about a perception out there of the poor being minorities. and they are thinking. they ought to go out and work. because my taxpayers back home are sick and tired of this welfare state. It was the same mistake they made with the immigrant. the legal Immigrants. because they did not want t make the distinction between legal lmmigrants and illegal aliens. because they figure they are all immigrants. OK? And we do not want to make the distinction because it would hurt our political cause to be true to what the reality Is. because we are playing politics here.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that all immigrants are on welfare.
Keywords matched
immigrant illegal aliens immigrants Immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
1997-05-01
Speech ID
1050023347
Paragraph
#1
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