The Secretary of State Marco Rubio collided with the Democrats about the recent acceptance of the Trump administration to the South African refugees, and told Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that he does not “like the fact that they are white” in an exchange of Testday.
The heated conversation took place a hearing at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with Kaine calling the statements of the State Department of “racial discrimination sponsored by the Government” against the population of Afrikaner minorities. “Specious.”
Implying that the United States government has given Afrikaner preferential treatment to become legal refugees due to its race, Kaine asked: “Can you have a different standard based on someone’s skin color? Would it be acceptable?”
“It is not me who argues that, equipped, you are because you do not like the fact that they are white and that’s why they come,” Rubio replied:
“The United States has the right to choose who they allow in the United States,” the secretary continued, before being interrupted by the senator.
“Based on someone’s skin color?” Kaine pressed again.
Rubio replied: “You are the one who is talking about the color of his skin, not me. These are people whose farms were burned and were killed by the color of their skin.”
The dispute voted from less than 60 South African white refugees Touching In the United States on May 12, with President Donald Trump condemning the “genocide that is happening” against them.
The Undersecretary of State, Christopher Landau, welcomed the group, which included families with young children, at the Dulles International Airport, denouncing the “unfair racial discrimination” and the “violence” they faced in their country of origin.
“They were really subject to very serious, atrocious and specific threats, and we wish them the best in their trip in the United States,” Landau told Breitbart News at that time. “We emphasize for them that the American people are a cozy and generous people, and underline the importance of assimilation in the United States, which is one of the very important factors we are looking for in refugee admissions and this forced force in the program for the program of Trailel Reesperation. Africa.” Africa “.
Kaine continued in his comments on Tuesday: “Now we are creating a special path for Afrikaner White farmers in a country governed by a unit of unity that includes the Afrikaner holidays.”
“Would Mr. Secretary be agreed, that if we are interpreting the phrase” a very founded fear of persecution “, we should apply that standard equally?”
Rubio replied: “I think we should apply it in the United States National Security interest.”
“The United States has the right to choose who allows and prioritize that choice,” he added.
“And that should be applied impeccably?” Kaine asked, to which Rubio replied: “Our foreign policy does not require uniforms.”
Senator Chris van Hollen, the Maryland Democrat Who led the position to El Salvador to advocate for the defendant of the MS-13 gang and alleged wife of wife Kilmar Abrego GarcíaAlso some angry words for Rubio had the audience.
“I’m sorry to vote for you,” said Van Hollen to the secretary, who was Unanimously Confirmed by the Senate in January.
“His regret for voting for me confirms that I am doing a good job,” said Rubio:
Olivia Rondeau is a Breitbart News political reporter based in Washington, DC. Find it in X/Twitter and Instagram.