Tom Steyer Thinks Wanting Truck Drivers To Understand English Is Racist

Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer said during a Wednesday debate that requiring truckers to understand English was “racial profiling.”

The Trump administration initiated a crackdown on states that issue commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to unqualified drivers, including numerous illegal immigrants, following several high-profile accidents involving migrants who appeared unable to speak English or recognize basic road signs. The moderator of the debate, hosted by NewsNation in San Francisco, asked Steyer about one traffic stop in particular.

“Mr. Steyer, where do you draw the line on this? Should language proficiency for truckers be strictly enforced, even if it means that some of them will probably lose their jobs? You have 60 seconds,” co-moderator Frank Buckley of KTLA said.

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“Look, I agree with what was said, which is, we don’t know the context of this stop. But what I can say is this: racial profiling is illegal,” Steyer responded. “And, in fact, picking on people based on the color of their skin in the state of California is illegal.”

The Trump administration started its crackdown