If you haven't heard, replacement legislator Doug Bruce of El Paso County has popped off with a ridiculous statement that refers to Mexican immigrants as "illiterate peasants".
Stupid and demeaning and we mean him not the Mexican immigrants.
Such a remark should call for turning off the microphone and giving Dr. Phil a call.
We haven't had time to research the issue yet today but one wonders what the options for reprimand might be called for in the House rules, but one is certainly justified.
It's especially troubling since he doesn't seem to think anything was wrong with it and one gets the sense that perhaps it is some sort of attention-getting behavior.
Frankly his boorish comments do nothing but help the other side of the debate. Read the story here.
