Candidate Eats Quote Comparing Poor People to Wild Animals
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Political lesson of the week: Comparing poor people to wild animals is probably not a good idea.
Republican Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, challenging Democratic incumbent Raúl Grijalva in the new Congressional District 3, found that out after a post titled, “A lesson in Irony,” appeared on her campaign Facebook page.
“The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is actually proud of the fact it is distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever,” the post says. “Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to ‘Please Do Not Feed the Animals.’ Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves. This ends today’s lesson.”
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“It is ironic that the left go on a ‘feeding frenzy’ when they see a comment that they can spin and put their own analogy into it,” Saucedo Mercer wrote. “The comment does not compare people on food stamps to wild animals. As I read it, it addresses an issue in which we need to focus on, instead of useless rhetoric.”
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Candidates should not look to their email files for political wisdom.