Quote #1: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL). She added to this declaration of disloyalty her assessment that the U.S. has been characterized by “imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.”

Quote #2: “Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of shit, OK? We know that! Yes, he is! He is! He is!” You can guess this one, right? Yes, it’s Dunning-Kruger victim Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tx), once again descending into vulgarity as a lazy substitute for reasoned discourse, of which she is incapable.

Arguably Quote #1 is more despicable. No one should be making this country’s laws whose first loyalty, pride and commitment isn’t completely focused on the United States of America. Naturally, the Proud Guatemalan accused those who properly called out her declaration of a conflict of interest of being racists. “Let’s call it what it is: today’s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government. It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress —who betray their oath each day they enable Trump— are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots.” Lie: nobody says she can’t celebrate her “roots.” They are saying—I’m saying—that if a member of Congress can’t say that she’s an American first, last and foremost, she should get the hell out of Congress.

And what is she so proud of, anyway? Her statements about her pride reminds me of the section in Clarence Darrow’s famous summary in the Sweet Case where he told an all-white jury,

“I wonder who we are anyhow, to be so proud about our white ancestry? We had better try to do something to be proud of ourselves; we had better try to do something kindly, something humane, to some human being, than to brag about our ancestry, of which none of us know anything!”

Right on, Clarence. Ramirez was born in the U.S. of parents who weren’t too proud of their perpetually troubled native country to resist fleeing it: they were both illegal immigrants. She’s never lived in the nation she professes such loyalty to: what’s she so proud of? In her attempt to spin her “Guatemala first!” proclamation, she said,

“No one questions when my white colleagues identify as Irish-American, Italian-American, or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestry. I’ve consistently expressed pride in my heritage and history – a pride also often reflected in the origin stories of my colleagues. Only those who believe America should not include the children of immigrants or be diverse would attack me – and Americans like me – for honoring my roots”

Of course, you never hear members of Congress say they honor the nation of their “roots” above the nation they represent in the national legislature. Then this blot on the body politic said,

“We are the living and breathing realization of the idea of America – a place where a multicultural, multiracial democracy can prosper. I am the daughter of immigrants and the daughter of America. I am both Chapina and American. I am from both Guatemala and Chicago, Illinois. Anyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.”

Ah, where to start? 1. She is not “from” Guatamala any more than I am “from” Greece or Kentucky.  2. This nation and any nation exists as a nation because it has and strengthens a national culture. Multiculturalism doesn’t work and has never worked: it is a recipe for discord, as Europe and great Britain are discovering, alas, too late. 3. Again, honor away, though it makes you look and sound like an idiot. So the country of my grandparent’s birth built the Parthenon and gave us Aristotle, Plato and Sophocles—why does that reflect well on me?

Almost forgot about Quote #2! If the Democratic Party had responsible leadership, which it does not, Rep. Crockett would be told in uncompromising terms that if she doesn’t start acting and speaking in public like a distinguished, civil and respectful public servant as well as a proper representative of her party, her state and Congress, she will be disciplined, including the loss of plum committee assignments. And, again, Crockett accuses anyone who has problems with her incivility of being a racist: criticizing any black for any misconduct no matter how undeniable and indefensible is racist in Woke World.