“Ten years after Hazleton, Trump said, ‘We’re going to build a wall,’ and that hit the nail on the head,” Barletta says. “They called him racist, and it reminded me of what they had called me ten years ago. I didn’t know what I did wrong. I just said ‘Illegal is illegal.’ I didn’t understand why people were objecting. “Now here was a candidate who was openly talking about the problem, and I didn’t remember a president talking that way. He was saying what I was thinking, and what others were thinking. He talked about securing the borders and defending the laws, and I was impressed that he
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Here is a link to a site that looks at Barletta's history on immigration policy
https://americasvoice.org/blog/lou-barletta/
He was pretty successful in appealing to white fear of Hispanic newcomers in Hazleton. It was successful enough for him in his home county of Luzerne, where he beat Casey by eight points, much lower than hoped or expected. Casey, a moderate Dem, won the state-wide contest by thirteen points.
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