Frist busted at immigration event by Congressman Joe Crowley

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/03/frist-busted-at-immigration-event-by.html


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Yesterday, Frist tried to pull of an event for an immigration group and the press to make himself appear more balanced on the immigration issue. In fact, he's been one of the anti-immigrant leaders in Congress. But we heard a great story about how a funny thing happened on the way to Frist's event: Congressman Joe Crowley showed up and took it over.

Even though Frist's office arranged the event in the Capitol yesterday, Frist didn't show. He sent a staffer to brief the group and the press that showed up (including Telemundo, Univision, and Telivisa, and the newspaper Hoy.)

Crowley was actually the only lawmaker who showed up. His view on immigration is the polar opposite of where Bill Frist stands. Crowley spoke in favor of legislation that includes a guest worker program and a clear path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented living in America. He blasted the GOP enforcement-only legislation passed in the House, and then talked about how Frist's proposed bill is similar to that House legislation.

Heard that the crowd loved it. They even started chanting which you can imagine left the Frist staffers shifting uncomfortably and smiling nervously to each other. So, the Frist sponsored event, which was supposed to be a way for him to misrepresent his position on the issue, didn't turn out that way thanks to Crowley.

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