April 30, 2008 12:16 AM UTC

"Illiterate peasants" speech: Bruce also planned comparisons to 9/11 terrorist, cop killer

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• by: ChrisBragg

From The Colorado Statesman:

Comments that were arguably more provocative were in store had Bruce not been gaveled down – including a passage in which he compared the migrant farm workers to the 9/11 highjackers and a cop killer…

Bruce recently posted his entire prepared remarks on his Web site, DouglasBruce.com, under a section called “Importing Aliens.”…

“One man came here legally on a lawful tourist visa. He wanted to learn how to fly a commercial jet. Take-off and navigation only, please; learning to land was not required. His name was Mohammed Atta, and he and 18 other visitors were America’s guests until their visit came to an abrupt end on September 11, 2001. Of course, they were just exercising their rights to self-expression…

“Another “gentleman” was hired to work in a local restaurant owned by Denver’s mayor. Raul Garcia-Gomez also worked in the food industry, until he killed a Denver police officer…

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Bruce had planned to sarcastically state that constituents had told him, “We have a shortage of communicable diseases [from not having enough immigrants]…We don’t have enough people driving under the influence, or without licenses or car insurance…At the grocery store, there aren’t enough people paying with food stamps.”

As for the “illiterate peasants” remark, Bruce had planned to say: “Yes, we have a serious shortage of illiterate peasants in America. 10-20 million is not enough.” In the comment that sparked outrage, Bruce ended up saying, “I would like the opportunity to state at the microphone why we don’t need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in Colorado.”