What They Said

“I’ve spoken many times about my own family’s refugee history. I will not join the chorus of people in this country or in this chamber who eagerly looked to slam shut an immigration door that was once open to our ancestors.” — Illinois’ Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered his State of the State address in February, asking the Legislature to approve $182 million to help address Chicago’s illegal-alien crisis.

“These are 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-year-old kids. They buy them for sex. Almost all the time, they get off on probation after buying a child and raping a little child. And we tried to say, well, they need to at least serve a minimum of 4 years. Democrats voted 100 percent that they did not want to put these pedophiles in jail.” — Colorado state Representative Scott Bottoms, a Republican, aired his discouragement on social media in February after committee Democrats killed House Bill 1092, which would have mandated minimum sentencing for pedophiles. Bottoms ended with a plea for help. “If you believe in prayer at all, please pray. We are fighting truly dark forces here.” He also asked for experts to step forward to testify.

A “citizen journalist” for O’Keefe Media Group recorded a conversation with IRS criminal investigations officer Alex Mena.

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