Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson remarked on his podcast Thursday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political career could be “over” if he signs legislation allowing illegal immigrants to receive housing stipends.
The California Assembly recently passed AB 184, a bill that would enable illegal immigrants with Social Security or taxpayer identification numbers to qualify for a program offering first-time home buyers up to $150,000 as a loan.
During an episode of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” Hanson criticized the bill, suggesting that if Newsom signs it, the negative consequences will prevent him from being elected again.
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“But if you’re an illegal alien, you will be given exemption, just like California, if you want to buy a house right now, it’s very difficult at 7% interest. But if you were an illegal alien, the California legislature, and we’ll see what Newsom does, has said you can get $150,000 stipend,” Hanson said. “If he signs that he knows that his career is over, done, he’ll never be elected, because that’ll be a campaign ad for the rest of his life. He’s trying to figure out what to do, but there is a sickness upon the land that all of us are witnessing.”
BREAKING: The California State Senate has officially voted 23-11 to pass AB 1840, the new program that will give $150,000 in government-backed loans to illegal migrants to purchase any house they want. The bill now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk to be signed into law
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Victor Davis Hanson continued by questioning how some in the U.S. could allow individuals to remain in the country despite knowing that they have been “breaking the law.”
California's Legislature is considering AB 1840 — a disastrous proposal to offer state-backed home loans of up to $150,000 to illegal immigrants.
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“There is some deep-seated either self-loathing of oneself or of one’s country or city or state, but that’s the only explanation how an entire society could go stark raving mad and allow people who are foreign nationals to come into their country, knowingly breaking the law,” Hanson continued. “Then knowingly breaking the law a second time by staying here and then knowingly breaking the law, either with this type of activity or applying for things up that which they’re not eligible. And we don’t do anything about it because of what? Because we feel that either we’re culpable or we’re too wealthy. No, we’re $36 trillion in aggregate debt. California has a $50 billion annual deficit. Our roads are crumbling. Our infrastructure is crumbling. There are people homeless on the street. We are a Dickensian society in decay. We don’t have that money.”
