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Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk renewed criticism of the greater than 150 Home Democrats who voted in opposition to deporting unlawful immigrants convicted of intercourse offenses, demanding every of the lawmakers be voted out of workplace.
“There is no excuse. Please post the list of people who opposed this law and want to keep illegals who are convicted sex offenders in America,” Musk posted to his X account on Saturday referencing a September Home vote.
“They all need to be voted out of office. Every one of them.”
The Violence In opposition to Girls by Unlawful Aliens Act handed the Home in September, in spite of everything 215 current Republicans voted in favor of the invoice, and had been joined by 51 Democratic colleagues. A complete of 158 Democrats, nevertheless, voted in opposition to the invoice.
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President-elect Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of a take a look at flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)
The Democrats who voted in opposition to the invoice got here underneath scrutiny in September, and are going through renewed criticism on social media this month as commenters resurrect the vote forward of President-elect Trump taking workplace this month.
“The bill targeted rapists, pedophiles, domestic abusers, and stalkers, ensuring they couldn’t stay in the U.S. Opponents claimed it ‘demonized immigrants,’ but how does protecting convicted predators help anyone – especially their victims?” X present host Mario Nawfal posted to his account Saturday, sparking Musk to weigh in.
“Deporting violent offenders isn’t ‘fearmongering’ – it’s basic public safety. Why would anyone vote to keep criminals who prey on women and children?” Nawfal added.
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The laws would deport unlawful immigrants convicted of intercourse crimes, and would additionally deem unlawful immigrants who admit to home violence or sex-related prices – or are convicted of them – to be inadmissible within the U.S., Fox Digital beforehand reported. The laws is presently with the Senate, and was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in through the first day of session within the Home Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Notable Democrats who voted in opposition to the laws included Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., former California Rep. Adam Schiff, who now serves within the Senate, and former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Musk’s name for the Democrats to be voted out of Congress over the vote comes after he vowed in December to fund reasonable Democratic politicians in deep blue districts, “so that the country can get rid of those who don’t represent them.”
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President-elect Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a SpaceX Starship launch on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)
Musk can be slated to serve alongside Vivek Ramaswamy to guide an upcoming presidential advisory committee, the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), which can work to chop extreme authorities spending and slash the scale of the federal government underneath Trump’s second administration.
In line with the workplace of the Home clerk, the 158 Democrats who voted in opposition to the laws are:
Alma Adams, North Carolina
Pete Aguilar, California
Gabe Amo, Rhode Island
Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts
Becca Balint, Vermont
Nanette Barragán, California
Joyce Beatty, Ohio
Ami Bera, California
Donald Beyer, Virginia
Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Georgia
Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon
Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware
Jamaal Bowman, New York
Shontel Brown, Ohio
Julia Brownley, California
Cori Bush, Missouri
Salud Carbajal, California
Tony Cárdenas, California
André Carson, Indiana
Troy Carter, Louisiana
Greg Casar, Texas
Ed Case, Hawaii
Sean Casten, Illinois
Kathy Castor, Florida
Joaquin Castro, Texas
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida
Judy Chu, California
Katherine Clark, Massachusetts
Yvette Clarke, New York
Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri
James Clyburn, South Carolina
Steve Cohen, Tennessee
Gerald Connolly, Virginia
Luis Correa, California
Jim Costa, California
Jasmine Crockett, Texas
Jason Crow, Colorado
Danny Davis, Illinois
Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania
Diana DeGette, Colorado
Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut
Suzan DelBene, Washington
Mark DeSaulnier, California
Debbie Dingell, Michigan
Lloyd Doggett, Texas
Veronica Escobar, Texas
Anna Eshoo, California
Adriano Espaillat, New York
Lizzie Fletcher, Texas
Invoice Foster, Illinois
Valerie Foushee, North Carolina
Lois Frankel, Florida
Maxwell Frost, Florida
John Garamendi, California
Jesús “Chuy” Garcia, Illinois
Robert Garcia, California
Sylvia Garcia, Texas
Dan Goldman, New York
Jimmy Gomez, California
Al Inexperienced, Texas
James Himes, Connecticut
Steny Hoyer, Maryland
Valerie Hoyle, Oregon
Jared Huffman, California
Glenn Ivey, Maryland
Jonathan Jackson, Illinois
Sara Jacobs, California
Pramila Jayapal, Washington
Hakeem Jeffries, New York
Henry “Hank” Johnson, Georgia
Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California
Invoice Keating, Massachusetts
Robin Kelly, Illinois
Ro Khanna, California
Dan Kildee, Michigan
Derek Kilmer, Washington
Andy Kim, New Jersey
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois
Ann Kuster, New Hampshire
Greg Landsman, Ohio
Rick Larsen, Washington
John Larson, Connecticut
Barbara Lee, California
Summer season Lee, Pennsylvania
Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico
Ted Lieu, California
Zoe Lofgren, California
Doris Matsui, California
Lucy McBath, Georgia
Jennifer McClellan, Virginia
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky
James McGovern, Massachusetts
Gregory Meeks, New York
Rob Menendez, New Jersey
Grace Meng, New York
Kweisi Mfume, Maryland
Gwen Moore, Wisconsin
Joseph Morelle, New York
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts
Kevin Mullin, California
Jerrold Nadler, New York
Grace Napolitano, California
Richard Neal, Massachusetts
Joe Neguse, Colorado
Donald Norcross, New Jersey
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York
Ilhan Omar, Minnesota
Frank Pallone, New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi, California
Scott Peters, California
Brittany Pettersen, Colorado
Dean Phillips, Minnesota
Chellie Pingree, Maine
Mark Pocan, Wisconsin
Katie Porter, California
Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts
Mike Quigley, Illinois
Delia Ramirez, Illinois
Jamie Raskin, Maryland
Deborah Ross, North Carolina
Raul Ruiz, California
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland
Linda Sánchez, California
John Sarbanes, Maryland
Mary Scanlon, Pennsylvania
Janice Schakowsky, Illinois
Adam Schiff, California
Bradley Schneider, Illinois
Robert “Bobby” Scott, Virginia
David Scott, Georgia
Terri Sewell, Alabama
Brad Sherman, California
Darren Soto, Florida
Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico
Haley Stevens, Michigan
Marilyn Strickland, Washington
Mark Takano, California
Shri Thanedar, Michigan
Mike Thompson, California
Bennie Thompson, Mississippi
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan
Jill Tokuda, Hawaii
Paul Tonko, New York
Norma Torres, California
Ritchie Torres, New York
Lori Trahan, Massachusetts
David Trone, Maryland
Lauren Underwood, Illinois
Juan Vargas, California
Marc Veasey, Texas
Nydia Velázquez, New York
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Maxine Waters, California
Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
Nikema Williams, Georgia
Frederica Wilson, Florida
The Democrats who voted in opposition to the laws got here underneath fierce scrutiny in September from conservatives.
“If you vote against it, you’re sexist against women,” South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace, who launched the laws, mentioned in September to Fox Digital.
Migrants try and cross into the U.S. from Mexico on the border Dec. 17, 2023 in Jacumba Sizzling Springs, California. (Nick Ut/Getty Photos)
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“I mean, truly, because we’re talking about illegals who are here who are committing domestic violence, rape and murder on women and children – they’ve gotta go. They shouldn’t be allowed into our country.”
“158 Democrats just voted AGAINST deporting migrants for s*x offenses. This is a slap in the face to every victim and their family members. Democrats hate you and your children,” widespread conservative X account Libs of TikTok posted on the time.
Democrats who voted in opposition to the invoice characterised it as xenophobic and an instance of “fearmongering” in opposition to immigrants.
“Here we are again, debating another partisan bill that fear mongers about immigrants, instead of working together to fix the immigration system,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., mentioned throughout debate on the invoice.
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“I probably shouldn’t be too surprised. Scapegoating immigrants and attempting to weaponize the crime of domestic violence is appearing to be a time-honored tradition for Republicans.”
