A Vermont Democrat is in hot water after making derogatory remarks about migrants while attempting to make a case for why immigration in the United States shouldn't be restricted.
Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) made the remarks during a constituent town hall in Newport, Vermont, that took place on May 28.
'If we don't have avenues for people to come here legally to work or to build a home here … we're not going to have anybody around to wipe our a**es because we don't have enough people,' Balint said.
Paul Dame, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party issued a statement on Monday rebuking the remarks of Vermont's only member of the House of Representatives.
'It seems that every month Vermonters are subjected to coarse and vulgar language from our federal representatives. Congresswoman Balint should apologize—not only for her crude choice of words, but more importantly for the disturbing sentiment that the primary purpose of immigration is to perform labor that she deems beneath the dignity of others' Dame remarked.
'At the heart of these remarks is an opinion so offensive and so profoundly out of touch that it reveals a fundamental lack of respect for those who come to this country—abiding by the rules—in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and a better life.'
'Many immigrants have come to Vermont and gone on to remarkable careers in high-tech fields, including at our microchip manufacturing facility in Essex Junction, or have become world-class physicians serving in Vermont's hospitals. Immigrants are also critical to our small business community, providing a wide array of goods and services that enrich our state.'
'The way Congresswoman Balint reduced Vermont's hard-working legal immigrants to little more than 'a** wipers' is embarrassing. She owes them—and all Vermonters—an apology for such a shameful characterization,' Dame concluded. --->READ MORE HERE
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Congresswoman Becca Balint was slammed for vulgar immigration remarks
Vermont’s sole U.S. House member was lambasted on Tuesday after video surfaced of her warning Vermonters that unless the feds increase immigration to the U.S., "we’re not going to have anyone around to wipe our a--es."
Vermont Republican Party Chairman Paul Dame said Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., should apologize for her remarks both because of the "crude choice of words" and "disturbing sentiment" that the primary reason for allowing immigrants in is to "perform labor that she deems beneath the dignity of others."
"It seems that every month Vermonters are subjected to coarse and vulgar language from our federal representatives," Dame lamented.
"At the heart of these remarks is an opinion so offensive and so profoundly out of touch that it reveals a fundamental lack of respect for those who come to this country – abiding by the rules – in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and a better life."
Dame noted Vermont has welcomed foreigners to work at a microchip factory in Essex Junction and as well-trained physicians in the state’s hospitals.
Mark Coester is a small business owner, fishmonger and craftman running as a Republican to oppose Balint in 2026. He criticized the congresswoman’s comments and shared a headline reporting ICE arrested 10 construction workers one day later in the same town where she spoke.
"Pack em up, fly em out," Coester wrote on X, in response to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., condemning the "dragnet raid."
"Only an entitled Vermont Democrat would say such a thing," added former Vermont state Senate candidate Paul Bean, going on to warn tradesmen that the lawmaker purportedly "thinks you are basically a--wipers." --->READ MORE HERE
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