Kendrick Meek: “I do not think that there needs to be a mountain of evidence to even show that there are individuals in Haiti that are…”

“I do not think that there needs to be a mountain of evidence to even show that there are individuals in Haiti that are being persecuted as we speak, that are losing their lives, that are being beaten for either being for the pro-government or anti-government forces that are there. And then you have innocent individuals that are in the middle of all of this gunfire and violence that is taking place, children, women, people, young men, older men that are there just trying to be citizens of a country. A democracy as shaky as it may be, it is still a democracy. We recently met with the President, just today, and I am glad that members of this caucus and Members of this United States Congress shared with the President the importance, the fact that we are America and that we wear the breastplate of righteousness as it relates to standing and fighting for democracies. If we support or we are against President Aristide, that is not the issue here. The issue is that a democracy is being overthrown by a gun as we stand idly by and make tough talk about Haitians leaving Haiti.”