lol
AOC Asks Commerce Secretary Why Feds Are ‘Violating the Law’ to Include Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) grilled Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on his involvement in the decision to include the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Ocasio-Cortez asked Ross about whether he discussed including the question on the Census with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
“Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach mentioned by my colleague was noted by the New York Times as laboring long and hard in his career, notably in the areas of voter suppression and nativism. He stated last year that he encouraged President Trump to add a question about citizenship during the Census during the early weeks of Trump’s presidency,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“Kobach said ‘I raised the issue with the president shortly after he was inaugurated,’ and ‘he was absolutely interested in this.’ Shortly thereafter in April of 2017, Steve Bannon asked you to speak to Mr. Kobach about his ‘ideas about including a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial Census. Did you speak with Mr. Kobach about his ideas on the citizenship question?” she asked.
Ross noted that Kobach discussed the issue with the secretary, saying, “Kris Kobach did have a conversation with me. He said he had a question he would like us to ask.”
“I’m sorry. I must reclaim my time. Mr. Kobach later sent an email to you on July 14th writing that the lack of the citizenship question ‘leads to the problem that aliens who do not actually reside in the United States are still counted for congressional apportionment services.’ Of course, they do reside in the United States. They reside in my district. They’re my constituents, but he then wrote ‘it is essential that one simple question be added to the upcoming 2020 Census,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“It’s all there in black and white,” she said. “Kobach is clear about his reason for adding the citizenship question in his correspondence to you. It has nothing to do with the DOJ. It has nothing to do with the Voting Rights Act. It is about congressional apportionment to immigrants, but following that email and its concerning contents, did you cut off all contact with Mr. Kobach or did you speak with him again?”
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...ng-law-include