[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1696]
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  KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL ARTICLE BY FRANK CAGLE--RUMORS OF THE GOP'S 
                           DEATH EXAGGERATED

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 2, 2015

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, almost every week, Frank Cagle 
writes a thoughtful, intelligent, even courageous column for the 
Knoxville News Sentinel.
  In his column of December 2nd, he wrote: ``Some of us don't think 
it's a bad thing that people who are here illegally and are not 
citizens cannot vote.''
  I admire Frank Cagle for his willingness to speak out on matters of 
national importance, and I would like to call to the attention of my 
Colleagues and other readers this and other columns he has written for 
the Knoxville News Sentinel.

                 Rumors of the GOP's Death Exaggerated

       Last week Hillary Clinton announced she would no longer use 
     the term ``illegal immigrants.'' I can understand a Clinton's 
     aversion to the word illegal, but it will be hard for a 
     president to get control of the border if she doesn't 
     recognize that unauthorized entry into the country is against 
     the law. During the Democratic debate she refused to say the 
     words ``Islamic terrorism.'' It's hard to see how a commander 
     in chief can win a war against our enemies when she's too 
     timid to call them what they are.
       I spent Thanksgiving with a houseful of young adults. They 
     are all voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary. What do 
     they do in the general when Clinton is the Democratic 
     nominee? I suspect they will stay home. If the Democrats 
     think they will turn out the young people who voted for 
     President Barack Obama to vote for Hillary, they are 
     delusional.
       I keep reading about how the Republicans are doomed. 
     Republicans can't govern. Demographics will make the 
     Republicans a minority party in the future.
       Did you notice the recent election in Kentucky? Obama has 
     done to the Kentucky Democratic Party what he has done to the 
     Tennessee Democratic Party--damaged it almost beyond repair. 
     A tea party guy, behind in all the polls, defeated a popular 
     Democrat by 10 points. And Democrats down ballot got 
     hammered. Tennessee Republicans have a supermajority in the 
     Legislature, the governor, two U.S. Senators and seven of 
     nine Congressmen.
       Tennessee and Kentucky are not alone. Since Obama has been 
     president, the Democrats have lost over 900 seats in state 
     legislatures, 11 governorships, 13 Senate seats and 69 House 
     seats. Tell me again about the demise of the Republican 
     Party.
       Democrats believe that if the Republicans nominate Donald 
     Trump, then Clinton is the next president. Why? Who is closer 
     to the majority opinion of the American people? Trump's 
     bellicosity on immigrants, his anti-Muslim rants and calling 
     for bombing the (you know what) out of ISIS? Or Clinton, who 
     can't bring herself to even identify the perpetrators?
       The dire predictions about the Republicans becoming a 
     minority party because of the growing Hispanic vote? If you 
     don't grant amnesty and make all illegal immigrants citizens, 
     they can't vote. Some of us don't think it's a bad thing that 
     people who are here illegally and are not citizens cannot 
     vote.
       Go down to the courthouse sometime and watch legal 
     immigrants being sworn in as citizens. Talk to them about the 
     hoops they jumped through in order to become a citizen. Then 
     ask them how they feel about people who want to jump the 
     line.
       Americans are tired of political correctness. In the words 
     of the crazy anchor from the movie ``Network,'' they are mad 
     as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore. It's the 
     kind of attitude that fuels the Trump phenomenon. With the 
     fading of Jeb Bush, the establishment seems to be turning to 
     Marco Rubio to stop Trump. The author of an amnesty bill.
       Good luck with that.

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