Steven Krieser, Scott Walker Official, Fired Over Offensive Immigration Comment

huffpostBy Ashley Alman, Huffington Post Latino Voices

An official appointed by Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) was promptly fired on Thursday after comparing undocumented immigrants to the devil in a Facebook comment,Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The comment came in response to a photo originally shared by Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh), who was condemning a bumper sticker that read “USA ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HUNTING PERMIT.”

When former Republican state Rep. Joe Handrick (R-Minocqua) chastised the sticker, Steven Krieser, assistant deputy at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, said he disagreed. While acknowledging the sticker was “probably over the top,” Krieser said Handrick was wrong in defending immigrants.

“You may see Jesus when you look at them. I see Satan,” he wrote. “And if they don’t like it here, hey, the door they came through to get here swings both ways.”

According to Bice, Krieser was fired …

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This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.

[Photo by Gage Skidmore]

 

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