Politician begs to be fired
House Speaker Rod Jetton is standing behind his offer to trade what he calls “lazy Missourians” for hardworking Mexican citizens.
Jetton is a a Marble Hill Republican who first made the suggestion earlier this month at a party gathering in Springfield. He repeated it when asked about it at the Capitol.
Jetton said: “There are some lazy Missourians in this state who really don’t want to work, and I think there’s a lot of hardworking Mexicans who would love to come up here and make a little money to support their families.”
Jetton says too many Missourians would rather enroll in government programs than earn a wage.
The comment comes while lawmakers consider more than a dozen bills designed to crack down on illegal immigration.
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