{"id":2471152,"date":"2025-08-05T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-tries-to-play-victim-after-admitting-her-first-allegiance-lies-with-a-foreign-country\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:50:09","slug":"dem-rep-tries-to-play-victim-after-admitting-her-first-allegiance-lies-with-a-foreign-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-tries-to-play-victim-after-admitting-her-first-allegiance-lies-with-a-foreign-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep. Tries to Play Victim After Admitting Her First Allegiance Lies with a Foreign Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-rep-tries-to-play-victim-after-admitting-her-first-allegiance-lies-with-a-foreign-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471152&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Representative Delia Ramirez of Illinois sparked controversy after stating at a summit in Mexico City that she is &#8220;a proud Guatemalan before I&#8217;m an American.&#8221; Born in Chicago to Guatemalan immigrant parents, Ramirez has acknowledged her heritage while serving in Congress. This comment led to meaningful backlash from conservative lawmakers and commentators who questioned her loyalty to the United States and called for her denaturalization and deportation. In response, Ramirez defended her remarks by emphasizing that honoring her Guatemalan ancestry strengthens her commitment to America and accused critics of being motivated by white supremacy. the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident highlights ongoing debates<\/a> about cultural identity and loyalty among U.S. lawmakers with immigrant backgrounds.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois made some controversial comments over the weekend, saying she&rsquo;s more Guatemalan than American, and then tried to paint herself as the victim to avoid political backlash.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaze posted part of her speech to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">social media site<\/a> X, writing: &ldquo;Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez at a summit in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience while speaking in Spanish: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m a proud Guatemalan before I&rsquo;m an American.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez at a summit in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience while speaking in Spanish: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a proud Guatemalan before I&rsquo;m an American.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ctJs5QhFLh\">pic.twitter.com\/ctJs5QhFLh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1952487620459770106?\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/inside-congress\/2024\/06\/18\/immigration-order-biden-ramirez-undocumented-spouse-00164006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> last year that she was &ldquo;the sole member of Congress who openly s that her husband is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-tries-paint-illegal-alien-award-winning-saint-criminal-record-tells-different-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undocumented<\/a> immigrant.&rdquo; He later became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/her-spouse-undocumented-she-entered-180820612.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal permanent resident<\/a> after being in the country for 24 years.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She was born in Chicago to <a href=\"https:\/\/ramirez.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congresswoman-ramirezs-statement-republicans-dhs-attacks-diverse-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrant<\/a> parents and became a birthright citizen after they came to the U.S. from Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>Given this checkered past, Ramirez&rsquo;s loyalties are divided at best. After the news of her speech spread, lawmakers and commentators began calling for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-sweetens-deal-illegal-immigrants-self-deport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deportation<\/a>, and even her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative pundit Matt Walsh <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1952706734058770725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;She should be arrested, denaturalized, and deported. It shouldn&rsquo;t even be controversial to say this. It&rsquo;s obviously what should happen in cases like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She should be arrested, denaturalized, and deported. It shouldn&rsquo;t even be controversial to say this. It&rsquo;s obviously what should happen in cases like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4sNhK1llb4\">https:\/\/t.co\/4sNhK1llb4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1952706734058770725?\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee echoed Walsh&rsquo;s comments, saying: &ldquo;Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/57gIDPvAeU\">https:\/\/t.co\/57gIDPvAeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepOgles\/status\/1952519302600380648?\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah posted part of her speech and added: &ldquo;Are you comfortable with this?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez (D-IL) (speaking in Spanish at a conference in Mexico): &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a Guatemalan with much pride before I&rsquo;m an American&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Are you comfortable with this? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MqAtHNjtc\">pic.twitter.com\/1MqAtHNjtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1952517991696101536?\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ramirez&rsquo;s comments are inappropriate and totally unacceptable &mdash; especially for someone who was elected to serve the best interests of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-feeling-good-economy-even-cnn-admit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And what was her response? She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-on-board-recall-we-failed-our-children\/\" title=\"San Francisco Mayor on Board Recall: We Failed Our Children\">blamed white supremacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She posted a reply to X on Monday night that read: &ldquo;Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Ramirez continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RWI7oboMcg\">pic.twitter.com\/RWI7oboMcg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (@repdeliaramirez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repdeliaramirez\/status\/1952556843013734400?\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also posted screenshots of her full statement from her official <a href=\"https:\/\/ramirez.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congresswoman-ramirezs-statement-republicans-dhs-attacks-diverse-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s call it what it is: today&rsquo;s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government,&rdquo; the radical <a href=\"https:\/\/ramirez.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congresswoman-ramirezs-statement-republicans-dhs-attacks-diverse-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress &mdash; who betray their oath each day they enable Trump &mdash;&nbsp; are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez added, &ldquo;No one questions when my white colleagues identify as Irish-American, Italian-American, or Ukrainian-American to honor their ancestry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s like clockwork. If liberals get in a jam, they just blame &ldquo;white supremacists&rdquo; and President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/took-9-people-media-matters-write-trump-tariff-hit-piece-aged-like-milk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This type of divided loyalty isn&rsquo;t just about &ldquo;honoring&rdquo; cultural roots. It&rsquo;s deeper than that.<\/p>\n<p>Divided loyalty seems to be a common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-homan-sends-reality-check-zohran-mamdani-good-luck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> among today&rsquo;s Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan put Latino, Islamic, or Muslim culture on a pedestal. They tend to embrace it more than American heritage, and it usually determines how they vote.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating your culture is one thing. Putting another country above America &mdash; when you&rsquo;re an elected lawmaker of the United States &mdash; is an entirely different matter.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez got caught pledging her loyalty to another nation. She was counting on victim rhetoric to get her off the hook. Fortunately, the nation is waking up to these kinds of tricks and isn&rsquo;t buying it anymore.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, she should be investigated by the federal government to see how deep her dual loyalty runs, and whether it&rsquo;s interfering with her ability to faithfully serve in Congress.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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