Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey agrees with the GOP Chairman. He supports Line’s demand for Stringer’s resignation, according to the governor’s spokesman Daniel Scarpinato.
Stringer defends his remarks as a “fact”
Meanwhile, Stringer told CNN that his political opponents tried to misrepresent his speech. According him, “My political opponents have taken 51 seconds out of a 16-minute speech to try to distort my message and mislead voters. We recognize the tactic. I’m not interested in taking the fake news bait.”
Additionally, Stringer explained that his spoke about different issues “including immigration—both legal and illegal—and the challenge of successfully assimilating large number of immigrants over a short period of time.”
Separately, he told Arizona Capitol Times that he plans to post the full video of his speech. He emphasized that his comment was not racist, it’s a fact.
According to him, “I maybe touched a third rail of politics but what I said is accurate. Anybody that talks about this in this way is shut down and called a racist. I’m speaking the truth. Diversity may be a great thing, there might be a lot of advantages, I’m not arguing against diversity at all. But no country can be demographically transformed without any political or social consequences.”
