Joe The Plumber: 'Put A Damn Fence On The Border Going To Mexico And Start Shooting'
The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson Posted: 08/13/2012 4:32 pm Updated: 08/13/2012 7:06 pm
Arizona State Sen. Lori Klein (R) held a fundraiser Friday night in Prescott, Ariz., featuring Ohio GOP congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe the Plumber" from the 2008 presidential campaign.
"I'm not worried about the news," he said. "I'm just speaking like I want to speak," adding that he didn't care about being "politically correct."
He was not.
"You know, for years, I've said, you know, 'Put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting,'" he said. "I'm running for Congress, and that should be a bad thing to say. You know what, that's how I feel. I'm not going to hide it because I'm running for an office. I want my borders protected. I'm very, very adamant about that." (It's at 28:18 of the clip, which comes from Prescott eNews. Full video below)
After being redistricted in the Senate, Klein is running for a seat in the state house. She pointed a pink handgun at an Arizona Republic reporter in July 2011 and said "Oh, it's so cute." The gun had no safety, though she said that she did not have her hand on the trigger. She also was a state chair for Herman Cain's presidential campaign and defended him against accusations that he had had a 13-year affair with Ginger White, saying he's "never been anything but a gentleman -- and I am not an unattractive woman." She added that in politics, "we want a virgin to do a hooker's job."
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio also appeared at the fundraiser, which more than 125 people attended, according to the Prescott eNews.
"I have more people in tents than this mayor has in this town of Prescott," he said to laughs. Arpaio set up a "tent city" for inmates in 1993 after overcrowding. Critics have protested the complex, saying conditions there are inhumane. Temperatures have risen up to 125 degrees.
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