Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had an embarrassing moment this Wednesday, when she was called out on a previous false statement. Gov. Brewer had made a statement about violent attacks and beheadings committed by illegal Mexican immigrants upon Arizona citizens near the Arizona Mexico border. Brewer made this statement while trying to gain support for the controversial new immigration laws now in effect in Arizona. However, when asked to back/prove said beheadings at the debate held this Wednesday by her candidate, Terry Goddard, Brewer spent 10 seconds laughing uncomfortably and staring down.
Brewer’s claims of beheadings have been exaggerations. Though some murders and violence have gone on record, the state has no evidence of beheadings having occurred on the Arizona side of the state border. I agree with Goddard, that Brewer was using scare tactics to help push her new immigration laws, which I find to be both immoral, and unnecessary. By choosing to exaggerate and lie to the public, Brewer shows that she was unsure of the truth’s ability to be sufficient enough to gain the support she needed to pass these laws, as well as a willingness to deceive the voters.
This seems rather unnecessary in my opinion. Why create lies and false information instead of sticking to the truth? Why would she feel that the actual murders and violence going on was not enough to gain support of the voters? After this deceit it will be interesting to see if the voters of Arizona will still be willing to be lead by Brewer. I know my vote wouldn’t be for her.
This situation reminds me of when former president George W. Bush told U.S. citizens that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction to gain the support necessary to enter Iraq. Of course when this assumption fell short, too went much of the American support for Bush. Though Brewer’s situation is not quite as serious as entering war, there are similarities, and I predict that this incident could lead to the loss of support for Brewer.
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