But Goldman Sachs may as
well be the nickname of this Cabinet. From Secretary Tillerson to Steve
Bannon and many others, Goldman Sachs is all over this administration. And last night, we also got more immigrant bashing. And I know my
friend and colleague, Congresswoman Jayapal, will discuss this. How patriotic is immigrant bashing? I would say not very. Tom Paine
said America would be a haven of refuge for people fleeing political
and religious repression all over the world. Madison said it would be a
sanctuary for religious and political refugees. America would come to
be symbolized by the Statue of Liberty. ``Give us your poor, your
tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,'' that is the
spirit of America. We are a nation of immigrants. Other than Native Americans, we were
here before everybody else got here. And the slaves were brought here
against their will. But everybody else, we are immigrants or we are the
descendants of immigrants. So if you attack immigrants, you are really
attacking the dynamic and inclusive culture of America, a community of
communities. And then there is the big proposal we got to slash $56 billion in
domestic spending and put it into a great big, new military buildup. And here we see the fingerprints, of course, of Steve Bannon.
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