Little confused here about what this U.S. Congress candidate is trying to prove when she says she's hired 'illegals.'
President of Blum’s Furniture, Tina Blum Cohen, admitted in bizarre Facebook thread last year that she hired “illegals.”
Cohen is currently vying for the Republican nomination to challenge Lizzie Fletcher in District 7. Fletcher unexpectedly flipped the district in 2018, and since the redistricting is now almost certain to retain her seat against any Republican challenger. Not that she will likely have much competition from Cohen if the furniture president does manage to win as the Republican seems to have a problem keeping her mouth in check online.
On March 10 of 2021, as the state was beginning to open up, Sassterpiece Theatre writer and performer Tim Eggertcomparing the Texas state government’s decision to loosen restrictions to the mayor from Jaws. Eggert also thanked everyone who had continued to mask up and social distance. Cohen then began commenting, starting by claiming that the virus was purposefully released and promoted by the media. She also said “Qanon is as legit as Antifa or BLM. They are just groups of people that have theories.”The comment thread continued in this same vein for a while until she started talking about undocumented workers in the U.S.“You also feel that illegals and homeless people that don’t wear masks is okay because it’s more humane just to get them into the US. Fun fact.