National Guardsman: Immigrants Are ‘Lucky We Aren’t Executing Them’

on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.
MISSION, TX - JUNE 12: U.S. Border Patrol agents take into custody a father and son from Honduras near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs... MISSION, TX - JUNE 12: U.S. Border Patrol agents take into custody a father and son from Honduras near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political-asylum status. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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An Oregonian national guardsman who left a violent comment about immigrants on an online fundraising page is now facing an unknown punishment, according to a Monday Washington Post report.

“Waste of money,” Gerod Martin wrote on the Facebook page for the online fundraiser working toreunite an immigrant parent with their child. “They’re lucky we aren’t executing them.”

The Oregon National Guard confirmed that Martin is a private first class guardsman and that he will face some punishment for the comment. Martin has reportedly been a member of the National Guard since 2013.

The Facebook page has received over $20 million in donations to date.

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  1. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    No, he’s a public no class idiot Trumper.

  2. Know what’s really lucky for them? Your governor, Kate Brown, refusing to send your racist POS to do Trump’s dirty work.

  3. The direct result of the diseased militia mind realizing it can get paid for its racism and hate.

  4. He seems nice.

  5. Is it any wonder why they aren’t showing us pictures of the concentration camps with folks like THIS working them?

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