A 69-year-old man was beaten, robbed, kidnapped, stabbed in the head and murdered, but instead of standing up for our citizens’ safety, we see lunatic ministers and commentators politically simping for criminals with fake outrage about xenophobia and hatred.
The level of idiocy, lunacy and political simping being exhibited in the name of politically correct virtue signalling wokeism by some media editors, politicians, activists, and commentators who seem to have abandoned common sense is astounding.
They would have the population believe the Spanish-speaking men responsible for murdering Mr. Thomas were more likely to be Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas and not Venezuelan migrants. Mr. Winston Thomas had an unpleasant interaction last week with Venezuelan migrants before he was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by three Spanish-speaking men.
I want to remind our citizens that Venezuelan migrants are not fleeing their homeland because of any natural disaster; they are fleeing the mess created by successive governments voted for by the majority.
Our citizens have been exceedingly accommodating and generous over the last few years. We already have a problem with local gangs, we don’t need migrants committing crimes here also.
I remind, that Trinidad and Tobago migrants in the USA who commit crimes have always been deported; that is not a Trump policy. What’s good for the goose must be good for the gander. Further, President Trump was democratically elected to be the 47th President of the United States of America, that is the choice of the American people, which I fully respect.
I stand solidly by my previous comments on the deportation of migrant criminals and reaffirm them. The well-being and safety of Trinidad and Tobago citizens must always come first. It’s astounding that Ministers Browne, Imbert and Hinds care more for migrants who commit crimes than for Mr. Thomas and our own citizens.
Make common sense and safety the priority.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP
