Today in Republican Minority Outreach
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Paul may disparage the quality of RNC’s speaker list, but to be Scrupulously Fair earlier today they were able to attract Lou Holtz, a coach with a 3-10 lifetime NFL record who enjoyed a considerable measure of success coaching in the minor leagues as recently as 20 years ago, and has maintained what might in the formal sense be termed employment as an ESPN hot-taker. This turned out to be a perfect choice for the party of Trump:
Lou Holtz, the legendary retired coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, has a lot of feelings about immigrants.
Speaking at a luncheon the Republican National Coalition for Life hosted during the RNC to honor Phyllis Schlafly, Holtz said the high number of immigrants coming to the U.S. constitutes an “invasion.” And he said new immigrants need to assimilate better. Holtz added that his grandparents learned English after immigrating to the U.S. from Ukraine, and insisted his family learn it as well. New immigrants to this country, he continued, need to learn and speak English and “become us.”
“I don’t want to become you,” he continued. “I don’t want to speak your language, I don’t want to celebrate your holidays, I sure as hell don’t want to cheer for your soccer team!”
The crowd laughed and applauded.
Speaking for myself, I personally don’t want to celebrate Holtz’s holidays, and I definitely don’t want to cheer for his football team. As for speaking his language, I’ve watched him on ESPN and it’s not clear he even has one…
But the thing about America is that different people can come here, observe different holidays, and enjoy different pastimes, and it doesn’t stop you from doing it the way you want. Immigrants can’t force Lou Holtz to watch soccer or celebrate Cinco de Mayo, or speak Spanish, or even to speak English.
…maybe he doesn’t want any Canadians in the country, but apparently he’ll take our whiskey.