The Post & Email by Allan Wall 2/23/2022
SAID IN SPANISH: Mexicans Moan That Sen. Ted Cruz Threatens Their Sovereignty—I.E., Their Right To Dump Their Poor On Us
An ironic cross-border quarrel between Mexico and a U.S. politician just surfaced: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (“AMLO”) and Senate Majority Leader Ricardo Monreal are exercised that GOP U.S. Senator Ted Cruz recently said that AMLO is causing unrest and undermining U.S. national security. AMLO and Monreal want to know just what business the Texan has meddling in Mexican affairs. And they’re disturbed that Cruz won’t defend Mexican illegal immigrants here. Which is rich given how much Mexico routinely meddles in American affairs.
During a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cruz was indeed critical of the Mexican government.
Cruz, above, is concerned about “deepening civil unrest in Mexico,” the “breakdown of civil society,” and “the breakdown of the rule of law across our southern border.” The “current climate faced by politicians and journalists in Mexico is the deadliest ever,” he said, because reporters and politicians are assassinated.
AMLO is “making all these trends worse,” Cruz said, observing that AMLO intimidated a prominent journalist, Carlos Loret de Mola, during a press conference by calling for an investigation into his work.
Asked Cruz:
What steps is the Biden administration taking to convey to the Mexican government that their behavior is undermining the rule of law and that is in turn endangering American security and the U.S. -Mexico relationship?
Those are legitimate and important questions. And they’re more pressing that what’s going on in Ukraine, the borders of which seem to be of more concern to #LetsGoBrandon than our border with our dysfunctional southern neighbor.
Cruz’s comments ruffled AMLO’s feathers, who punched back by complaining that Cruz meddled in Mexican affairs. Never mind that AMLO himself recently meddled in our affairs by declaring that Mexican-Americans shouldn’t support a party that opposes Amnesty for illegals.
In covering the story, the Associated Press evaded the point. It focused on a letter to Cruz from Mexican Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma saying that Cruz shouldn’t lecture Mexico on the rule of law because some Republicans challenged Biden’s victory over POTUS 45 Trump in 2020 [Mexico to Sen. Cruz: At least our candidates accept defeat, February 18, 2022].
Take note of Mexico’s last election, Moctezuma wrote:
Without exception, all of the political parties accepted the results and got on with the task of strengthening our democracy and freedom of expression.
Again, that’s rich. AMLO did not “accept defeat” in the 2006 Mexican presidential election, but he has always claimed he was robbed. Significantly, he refused to congratulate Sleepy Joe until the 2020 election results were finalized.
More:
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