Release: Mayor Barletta: Kanjorski Must Apologize for "Defective People' and Minorities Remarks

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Hazleton Mayor and 11th Congressional District candidate Lou Barletta demanded that Paul Kanjorski apologize for comments he made during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday in which he called some people "defective" and said minorities are not "good American people."
Kanjorski said: "We're giving relief to people that I deal with in my office every day now, unfortunately. But because of the longevity of this recession, these are people -- and they're not minorities and they're not defective and they're not all the things you'd like to insinuate that these programs are about -- these are average, good American people." [Emphasis added; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zU0pGyLo9A]
"Kanjorski must apologize for saying some people are "defective.' He said Wednesday that "defective people' are not "average, good American people,' so who are "they?'" Mayor Barletta asked. "Also, Kanjorski, in his own words, said Wednesday that minorities are not "average, good American people.' This is outrageous and shows how out of touch Kanjorski is with the real world."

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