McCain Running Ads on Anti-Immigrant Website
Posted by Matt Ortega on April 4, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Early in the primary process, John McCain backed away from his efforts on comprehensive immigration reform by telling Republican crowds that he "got the message."
Just a few weeks ago, McCain traveled to Illinois' 14th Congressional District to endorse and headline a fundraiser for Jim Oberweis, the anti-immigrant candidate that the GOP ran in the special election to replace former Speaker Denny Hastert. (Oberweis lost.)
It was learned earlier today that McCain was running ads on a notoriously anti-immigrant website.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks hate groups around the country, branded the site's author among the "top 20 nativists" in the country.
From the SPLC spotlight on Letiecq:
Letiecq is head of the nativist extremist organization Help Save Manassas, which boasts more than 2,000 members. He also runs "Black Velvet Bruce Li," one of the most popular anti-immigration blogs in the region. On it, Letiecq refers to day-labor centers as "open-air toilets" and describes Latino pro-immigrant activists as "mobs of machete-wielding radicals wearing ski masks" who are part of a global "Zapatista" conspiracy that also includes "burning cars in the suburbs of Paris."
In a "satirical" post in late February, Letiecq referred to undocumented immigrants as dog food.
DNC Caucus chairs released a statement calling on John McCain to stop advertising on hate sites.
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