LET'S GO TO OTHER PORTIONS OF MILLER'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
HERE
YOU SEE HIM RESPONDING TO JIM ACOSTA, THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET
SUPER SNIPPY, IT'S OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
>>WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, OR THE PRESIDENT IS PROPOSING,
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S IN KEEPING WITH AMERICAN TRADITION
WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION.
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY SAYS GIVE
ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YOUR NAME TO
BREATHE FREE.
IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SPEAKING ENGLISH
OR BEING A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER.
ARE YOU TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE AN IMMIGRANT COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY IF YOU ARE
TELLING THEM YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH?
CAN'T PEOPLE LEARN HOW
TO SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN THEY GET HERE?
>>FIRST OF ALL, RIGHT NOW IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT TO BE
NATURALIZED YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH, SO THE NOTION THAT
SPEAKING ENGLISH WOULDN'T BE A PART OF IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS
WOULD BE AHISTORICAL.
SECONDLY, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A WHOLE
THING ON HISTORY, BUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS A SYMBOL OF
AMERICAN LIBERTY LIGHTING THE WORLD.
THE POEM THAT WAS ADDED
LATER WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL STATUE OF LIBERTY.
BUT
MORE FUNDAMENTALLY --
>>YOU ARE SAYING THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT WHAT OUR COUNTRY HAS
ALWAYS THOUGHT OF AS IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY?
I'M
SORRY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME NATIONAL PARK REVISIONISM.
THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE TO THE
WORLD FOR PEOPLE TO SEND THEIR PEOPLE TO THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY
WON'T ALWAYS SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY WON'T ALWAYS BE HIGHLY SKILLED.
>>JIM, I APPRECIATE YOUR SPEECH --
>>JIM ACOSTA IS EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT REVISIONISM.
ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS NOT A BEACON TO THE WORLD.
OF
COURSE IT IS, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
WE PUT IT OUT IN FRONT OF
NEW YORK TO WELCOME IMMIGRANTS IN.
TRYING TO DO HISTORICAL
REVISIONISM ON THAT IS AMAZING, AND THE POEM YOU HAVE ALL HEARD
ABOUT GIVE ME YOUR POOR, YOUR TIRED -- YOU SHOULD READ THE
ENTIRE POEM, IT'S AMAZING AND WONDERFUL, IT'S WHAT THE CORE OF
THIS COUNTRY IS -- WELL, IT'S JUST A POEM.
NO, IT SAID GIVE ME
YOUR RICH, YOUR COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS, AND OTHER PEOPLE
CONNECTED TO RICH DONORS, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT MIGHT VOTE
DEMOCRATIC, WE SAY NO.
IF WE APPLIED THAT STANDARD TO THE
ITALIANS AND IRISH AND JEWS THAT CAME IN, THE POLISH, ALL THOSE
GUYS -- AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE IN THOSE CATEGORIES, AND IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THOSE RACIAL OR ETHNIC CATEGORIES, BUT PEOPLE
WHO CAME TWO GENERATIONS AGO, COME ON, SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW
AMERICANS.
STAND UP AND SAY WHEN IT'S SOMEONE ELSE I WANT THEM TO
HAVE THE SAME CHANCE MY FAMILY HAD.
IF YOU ARE IN THAT
CATEGORY, LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE
IDEA OF AMERICA.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE RICH, IT'S FOR ALL OF US.
>>SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY ONLY BEING OPEN TO
THE RICH IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THEY PRACTICE
WHAT THEY PREACH.
THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT KUSHNER PROPERTIES GOING
TO CHINA AND ASKING FOR ALL THESE INVESTMENTS SO THEY CAN
GET THE GOLDEN VISA.
THINK HOW THAT HARMS AMERICANS, TIME AND
TIME AGAIN IT ARTIFICIALLY INFLATES THE HOUSING MARKET TO
THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE EARNING A DECENT LIVING HERE IN AMERICA
CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY HOMES OR APARTMENTS.
THAT IS WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
THOSE ARE THE REAL ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED,
BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN POWER THAT JUST TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POWER TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
ONE FINAL VIDEO FROM
THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, BECAUSE JIM ACOSTA WAS REALLY HEATED AND
I LOVE IT.
IN THIS NEXT ONE, MILLER TRIES TO FLIP THINGS
AROUND, YOU DECIDE IF IT WORKED.
>>THIS NOTION OF THEY HAVE TO LEARN ENGLISH BEFORE THEY COME
TO THE U.S., ARE WE JUST GOING TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM GREAT
BRITAIN OR AUSTRALIA?
>>I'M SHOCKED THAT YOU THINK ONLY PEOPLE FROM GREAT BRITAIN
OR AUSTRALIA WOULD KNOW ENGLISH.
IT REVEALS YOUR BIAS TO A
SHOCKING DEGREE.
THIS IS AN AMAZING MOMENT.
THIS IS AN
AMAZING MOMENT, THAT YOU THINK ONLY PEOPLE FROM GREAT BRITAIN
OR AUSTRALIA WOULD SPEAKING ENGLISH, THAT'S INSULTING TO
MILLIONS OF HARD-WORKING IMMIGRANTS WHO SPEAK ENGLISH
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HAVE YOU HONESTLY NEVER MET AN
IMMIGRANT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH OUTSIDE OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA?
IS THAT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?
>>OF
COURSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
>>THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID.
IT SHOWS YOUR BIAS.
>>YOU ARE TRYING TO ENGINEER A RACIAL AND ETHNIC FLOW OF
PEOPLE INTO THIS COUNTRY.
>>THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS, IGNORANT, FOOLISH
THINGS YOU EVER SAID.
THE NOTION THAT YOU THINK THIS IS A RACIST
BILL IS SO WRONG AND SO INSULTING.
>>HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY THINK THAT?
LET'S BREAK DOWN STEPHEN
MILLER'S ARGUMENT FOR SECOND.
>>YOU JUST HAVE A BIAS.
>>OF COURSE I DO. IS IT TRUE THAT SOMEONE WHO COMES TO THE
COUNTRY FROM CHINA OR TURKEY COULD SPEAK ENGLISH BEFORE THEY
GET HERE?
OF COURSE.
BUT ACOSTA IS SAYING YOU ARE GIVING A
BIGGER ADVANTAGE PROPORTIONALLY TO PEOPLE WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE
IS ALREADY ENGLISH.
BRITISH, IRISH, CANADIAN, ETC.
-- OF
COURSE SOME PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE FROM CHINA OR AFRICA ALREADY
SPEAK ENGLISH, OR LATIN AMERICA, BUT IT'S A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF
THEIR POPULATION WHO WOULD QUALIFY WITH THAT STANDARD.
AND
BY THE WAY IT WOULD HAVE KNOCKED OUT ACOSTA'S LINEAGE PROBABLY,
OR EVEN STEPHEN MILLER'S LINEAGE.
THAT'S IT, GRANDMA
DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH -- HOW WOULD YOU HAVE SPOKEN ENGLISH
COMING FROM SICILY?
THEY FIGURED IT OUT BECAUSE WE ARE AMERICA,
YOU GET HERE, YOU ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK.
MOST OF
THE PEOPLE COMING HERE ARE COMING FOR WORK.
CONSERVATIVES
SAY THEY ARE COMING TO TAKE OUR JOBS -- WHICH IS IT?
ARE THEY
BUMS WHO DON'T WANT TO ASSIMILATE, OR ARE THEY TAKING
OUR JOBS?
>>I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS COSMOPOLITAN BIAS THING
THEY KEEP BRINGING UP.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT IS FULL OF DUDES WHO GREW UP AND SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME
IN NEW YORK, STEPHEN MILLER GREW UP IN SANTA MONICA -- I DON'T
SEE YOU GUYS AS RURAL AMERICANS LOOKING OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY.
>>AND WHY WOULD THE RURAL AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY
SPEAK BETTER ENGLISH IN CHINA AND SAUDI ARABIA THAN WE THINK?
WHY IS IT A COSMOPOLITAN POSITION TO SAY COUNTRIES WHOSE
NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH HAVE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF PEOPLE
WHO SPEAK ENGLISH?
NO, HE JUST WANTS TO SAY YOU ARE ELITIST.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS THAT?
IT'S SUCH A NON SEQUITUR -- HE'S
SAYING YOU ARE INSULTING THE RURAL PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING TO
APPEAL TO WITH THIS BILL WHO DON'T LIKE FOREIGNERS.
YOU ARE
COSMOPOLITAN SO YOU DON'T MIND FOREIGNERS.
IT'S NOT JIM ACOSTA
BRING RACE INTO IT, IT'S STEPHEN MILLER.
HE'S BASICALLY SAYING WE
WANT TO BE ANTI-FOREIGNER, YOU AREN'T LETTING US MAKE THOSE
RACIAL DECISIONS BECAUSE IN YOUR COSMOPOLITAN WORLD
EVERYBODY LIKES ONE ANOTHER EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
>>I JUST WANT THEM TO OWN UP TO WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY
BELIEVE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT LOOKING OUT FOR AMERICAN JOBS, YOU DON'T
CARE ABOUT THAT.
JUST SAY WE DON'T LIKE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS THAT THAT WE DON'T WANT LATINOS, ASIANS, UNLESS
THEY ARE RICH AND CAN INVEST $500,000 IN KUSHNER OR TRUMP'S
PROPERTIES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE DON'T LIKE THEM.
THEY ARE
PANDERING TO AMERICANS WHO DO NEED HELP, WHO NEED THIS ECONOMY
TO IMPROVE.
BUT THEY ARE JUST EXPLOITING THEM AND USING THEM
TO PUSH THEIR XENOPHOBIC POLICIES THAT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY.
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