Back in February, Phyllis Schlafly was the guest on Rick Scarborough’s Tea Party Unity call where she fielded questions from participants on a range of topics, including whether those pushing for immigration reform are doing so in order to place millions of new immigrants on government programs so as to bankrupt the nation.
Schlafly, not surprisingly, declared that that is exactly what President Obama is trying to do:
Caller: My name is Jim Mason, I am the state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots here in Nebraska. Mrs. Schlafly, concerning the illegal alien issue and the influx coming into the nation, we are looking at somewhere between ten and thirty million that will be allowed amnesty. The cost to be able to have this number on relief could be all but unsustainable for the nation. Is that the intent of these pro-illegal alien groups? Are they hoping to fundamentally change the United States away from the way that it is now? Are they trying to bankrupt the nation intentionally? I’m just curious.
Schlafly: Well, people have different motives and maybe some of them have sincere motives – I wouldn’t indict everybody, but I think it’s clear, what you said, that it is Obama’s motive. And I do believe that that is what Obama’s motive is. Now there are other people who have been co-opted into supporting him for various innocent and other reasons but I do think that these socialist-minded people really want to destroy our system. They hate us!
