As large numbers of migrants inundate America's southern border and Republicans are demanding to address the issue as a condition for approving a package that includes Ukraine and Israel aid and more, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has reportedly opined that it is not xenophobic to have concern about the border.
"I hope Democrats can understand that it isn't xenophobic to be concerned about the border,” Fetterman said, according to Politico. "It's a reasonable conversation, and Democrats should engage."
The senator noted the almost 270,000 southwest land border encounters for September reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to the outlet. "Honestly, it's astonishing. And this isn't a Fox News kind of statistic. This is the government's," he noted. "You essentially have Pittsburgh showing up there at the border." The statistic came in just shy of 241,000 for the month of October.
Fetterman described himself as "perhaps the most pro-immigration member of the Senate," according to the outlet.
"I haven't met anyone that can have a really crisp, cogent solution or easy solution on, 'Well, what do you do when you have roughly a city similar in size of Pittsburgh coming up to the border?'" he said, according to Politico.
Fetterman has been outspoken in supporting Israel's right to destroy Hamas.
"For peace & a 2-state solution, Hamas must be destroyed & I fully support Israel's right to do that. It has been proven that Hamas used the hospital as part of their terror network, this blood is on their hands. Hamas is anathema for the peace, Palestinians deserve better," he noted in a tweet last month.
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A woman was caught on a viral video going on a xenophobic rant and telling a group of Germans to "get the f*** out of our country" on a New Jersey Transit train. The woman – who the internet has dubbed "Train Karen" – was fired from her job after her abusive behavior went viral online.
Brianna Pinnix, 30, was featured in a video that surfaced on Reddit on Tuesday. She is seen berating German tourists on a New York City-bound train.
The footage shows Pinnix confronting the German tourists. The group mostly laughs off the embarrassing clash.
The woman's boyfriend is seen attempting to de-escalate the tense situation, but Pinnix declares, "I can handle my own."
He warns her that she is going to get arrested, but she doesn't care. The boyfriend then threatens to never talk to Pinnix ever again, but she continues to scold the tourists.
The boyfriend tells Pinnix, "You know I’m an immigrant? I’m an immigrant, too, you know that, right?"
The boyfriend pulls Brianna away from the tourists, but she repeatedly castigates the group of men. "I love you, but get off me," she told her boyfriend.
While the boyfriend holds her back, Pinnix yells, "How about you get the f*** out of our country!"
Many online commentators have said that the woman appears to be drunk.
The video of the cringe-worthy encounter went viral this week.
Pinnix reportedly locked her social media accounts after her xenophobic rant went viral.
According to the New York Post, Pinnix was fired from her job at the New York-based pharmaceutical company.
"Our company has a zero-tolerance policy around prejudicial or discriminatory behavior. After conducting a review of the circumstances, we acted immediately and terminated the employee in question," the company said in a statement. "The former employee’s actions and words are not representative of Capital Rx, and we offer our sincerest apology to those who were hurt."
Pinnix had been a talent acquisition specialist at Capital Rx.
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