Wargotz responds to 'soft on illegals' charge

A controversy over a statement Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Wargotz made to the Baltimore Jewish Times last October has grabbed some notice in a summer where voters are focused on the race for governor.

The Jewish Times remarks got the attention of fellow Examiner Scott Strzelczyk, who hammered Wargotz's announced stance on immigration as "misleading" Republican voters. In his post Strzelczyk quoted Wargotz as telling the BJT reporter, "I was very disappointed that President Obama stated that he wouldn't pay health care for illegal immigrants."

(continued on my Examiner.com page...)