PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee, Ivan Marte, says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress on September 9th.
Wilson shouted “You lie,” when President Obama said illegal immigrants would not receive benefits under his health care plan.
Ivan Marte tells The Providence Journal that Wilson’s behavior was “shameful” and “uncivilized.”
Marte says he has been disenchanted by the GOP since Governor Don Carcieri ignored his advice concerning the 2008 executive order cracking down on illegal immigration.
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