Note: Looks like we have really got em stirred up which is good. Look how our candidates are standing their ground!

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Democrats hit GOP candidates for seeking support from 'hate group' opposing illegal immigration
2:29 PM Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | Permalink
By Peter Lord Email this author | Email this entry

State Democratic Party Chairman Edwin R. Pacheco today criticized two Republican congressional candidates, John Loughlin and Mark Zaccaria, for seeking support from a national group opposed to illegal immigration. Pacheco called the group, Americans for Legal Immigration, a hate group backed by other hate groups.

The immigration group called the charges a "false propaganda attack." Zaccaria said he checked up on the group before seeking its support and found it was "on the up and up." As for the Democratic attack, he said, "What's really going on here is people are offended by having to follow the law. Are the Mothers Against Drunk Driving a hate group because they want to enforce laws against drunk driving?"

Loughlin's campaign manager, Cara Cromwell, issued this response: "Under Mayor Cicilline [Loughlin's Democratic opponent], Providence has become a sanctuary for illegal aliens. Like most Americans, John Loughlin believes we should enforce our laws against illegal immigration and this is a major difference he has with Cicilline."

Democratic Party chairman Pacheco said in a statement, "Seeking and accepting this endorsement raises serious questions about Zaccaria and Loughlin's ability to relate to working Rhode Islanders. ALIPAC is a hate group, backed by other hate groups who are more about promoting intolerance and ignorance than they do about reaching sensible solutions to America's challenges."

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