Keet Criticizes Beebe on Arizona Immigration Ruling
Yesterday, a federal court issued an injunction against a significant portion of Arizona’s new immigration law. Republican Jim Keet, who is running for governor of Arkansas, issued a statement saying he supported the Arizona law, opposed the court’s ruling, and criticized Gov. Mike Beebe with the familiar line that he did not speak out enough.
“The Obama Administration claims that the Arizona law is in conflict with federal law, but is silent with respect to sanctuary cities, which are an obvious violation of federal law. This double-standard is troubling to anyone serious about securing our borders. Governor Beebe’s silence on this is another instance where he has quietly supported the Obama administration and its agenda,” said Keet.
So I asked Gov. Beebe’s campaign for a response.
“Governor Beebe supports the right of Arizona and every other state to protect their citizens and believes the federal government should enforce the immigration laws fully and fairly,” said Anne Hughes, Press Secretary for Beebe for Governor. “For Governor Beebe, this is not just political rhetoric. It’s precisely what Mike Beebe did as the chief law enforcement office of the state and it is precisely what he is doing as governor.”
July 29th, 2010 at 8:43 am
So if Beebe supports the right of Arizona, why did he not order Dusty-Mac to file an amicus brief in federal court supporting Arizona?
July 29th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Political rhetoric is right. Keet needs to find real issues.
I liked Keet in the beginning but now he making the party sound stupid. He is in line to be the next generation Jim Holt.
I was told he is the only Republican running who is behind in the polls. Is that true?
July 29th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Insider, yes, that’s true. Mark Darr is ahead, Tim Griffin is ahead, John Boozman is WAY ahead. Now I’m not sure about Mark Martin for Secretary of State and the other 3 Congressional races. My guess would be that Steve Womack is also ahead. But I’m not sure about CD-1. Mike Ross is most certainly ahead in CD-4 as well. I agree with you. Jim Keet seems to be throwing things up against a wall hoping they’ll stick. Just attacking Beebe won’t make him governor. He has to come up with hiw own agenda and give people a reason to vote for him.
July 29th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
nomore,
Maybe he and Rankin need to sit down and discuss strategy.
July 29th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Word of advice for Keet and his “team”
If you are going to attack a Democrat for doing something, you better be sure your Republican supporters haven’t done it too!
July 30th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
No, this is a legit criticism. Beebe has been getting away with stealthily supporting the administration for too long.