The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued a press release filled with GIFs of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Britney Spears to promote a Republican-sponsored immigration bill.
The press release trumpeted how a bill known as the Michael J. Davis, Jr. in Honor Of State And Local Law Enforcement Act would allow local and state law enforcement to take federal immigration law into their own hands.
“Right now, one single person – the President of the United States – can turn off the enforcement of our immigration laws unilaterally. For real,” the press release read.
“And that’s just what President Obama has done,” it continued. “Since he’s the boss of federal immigration enforcement officers, he’s told them to stop enforcing our immigration laws.”
One GIF included in the press release dubbed it “not cool” that Obama’s executive actions on immigration would encourage illegal migration to the U.S.:
Vox reported that the bill would also give law enforcement broader power to deport immigrants. The bill would turn being in the U.S. without papers into a criminal rather than civil offense, as well as eliminate low-priority deportation designations for, say, undocumented parents of children who are U.S. citizens, according to the news outlet.
Given that context, it’s notable that all 10 GIFs included in the press release depicted white characters or celebrities.
Image via House Judiciary Committee.
Yup, the GOP has shown you can go further than full retard.
The only thing sillier than the immigration bill press release only displaying GIIFs of white people is that they are ANIMATED GIFs!!
Stupid and annoying …
The old white men who run the House reached at hipster but only got as far as clueless, but it did show women sitting at the back of the bus, so that’s cool…
Republicans are nothing but a joke anymore. How can any rational person take them seriously? Republicans are mocking people for being who they are. The only explanation I can come up with is the GOP is in its death throes. We are witnessing crazy, insane people.
Ooooohhh! GIF’s! Totally edgy. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll just pop off and shoot myself.