While most politicians have been willing to sell the future of America down the river, Tom Tancredo has spoken against the cowardly tide, often at risk to his life.
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By the Columbus Day Parade in Denver three years ago, epithets were the least of [Tancredo's] worries.
He recalled a Denver plainclothes police officer saying, “Congressman, are you aware of the threats on your life here today?”
” ‘More than usual?’ “ Mr. Tancredo asked.
The officer read aloud from his notebook what people were overhead saying about “whacking” Mr. Tancredo that day. More alarming, a parade-route sweep had turned up high-powered rifle ammo taped inside a trash can.
The officer suggested that Mr. Tancredo not ride atop a float but walk the parade route surrounded by eight policemen instead. Along the route, however, he recalled seeing a young woman holding up her baby’s hand “and she has the baby flip me off.”
After that day, the Capitol Police, whose job is to protect members of Congress while in Washington, began showing up now and then at Tancredo speeches across the country.
Eventually he bought a “really good” bulletproof vest on the Internet and wears it when he thinks he needs it.
Tancredo’s “crime”? Reminding Congress and America that the law and our borders matter.
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