Ramirez criticizes comments - Fellow Republican Bill James has insulted all immigrants, he says - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County commissioner Dan Ramirez said he promised voters he wouldn’t use his elected position to discuss personal issues.

But he broke from that stance this week to publicly criticize fellow Republican Bill James for comments made last month in which James compared illegal immigrants to prostitutes and drug dealers.

Ramirez said James managed to insult the entire immigrant community, including those in the country legally.”*

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