RedState.com – Being a Democrat politician can be tricky.
On one hand, you have to sound moral, compassionate, caring, and stuff.
On the other hand, your positions often come back and bite you in the ass.
Such was the case with Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins on Thursday, when he told Fox News that he doubts Chicago would have become a sanctuary city if the city knew what it would have meant for the future.
As Hopkins whined to Fox News host Samantha Smith about his city’s sanctuary city status, which has been in place since 1985, Smith cut him off — and asked the perfect question.
But with all due respect, didn’t leadership in your city say, ‘We are a sanctuary city. All are welcome?’ Wasn’t that the message?
Um, Brian? She has a point — a huge one. Hopkins’s answer was hilarious —in part because the guy was blatantly honest:
Yes. You’re not hearing that from me. You know, I think if we had to vote all over again on authorization for whether Chicago is going to be a sanctuary city, I’m not sure we would be.
Translation: “We were just trying to convince voters that we’re the party of compassion. We never in our wildest dreams thought we’d have to back our words with actions — not on this scale, at least.
This comment from Hopkins was just as hilarious:
We’ve been asking for assistance from the federal government to help this crisis on the ground and to secure the border in Texas and Arizona…
