10/17/2013
Via Mickey Kaus, Kristen Williamson transcribes a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute event from CSPAN:
Maybe feeling comfortable in his surroundings and forgetting the event was streaming live over the internet, [Rep. John Yarmuth D-Ky] took the opportunity to get a little boastful about the prospects of amnesty legislation:
Facebook Bullies — Zuckerberg Pledges $50 million for Attack Ads,ImmigrationReform.com, October 11, 2013“There’s virtually nobody organized against comprehensive immigration reform …W e have the growers and the farm works. When we have the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Congress agreeing. We have the high-tech industry …”
"And probably the most significant factor is there is no money on the other side of this issue. There’s nobody out there ready to spend $100 million to defeat comprehensive immigration reform.
"In fact, all the money is on the side of pushing it. And just a couple weeks ago we met with Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook and he’s raised, well, a lot of his own money, but he’s raised $50 million to run ads supporting people who will support comprehensive immigration reform and to pressure people who may be on the fence.”
(See also Democrats to make move on immigration reformWednesday by Suzanne Gamboa NBC Latino 10/01/2013)