Citizenship and the Purple Heart

“One of the most meaningful things that’s happened to me since I’ve been the governor – the president – governor – president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him – get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq – and at the same time – right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States – a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen.”

–Washington, D.C.; January 9, 2004

Shooter, Jr.

“I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.”

–St. Louis, Missouri; October 18, 2000