Malkin called Villaraigosa and Bustamante "Latino supremacists"

Summary: In a column on the recent demonstrations against a House immigration bill, Michelle Malkin referred to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante as "Latino supremacists." Malkin characterized the protests as "militant racism" marked by "virulent anti-American hatred."

In her March 29 nationally syndicated column, right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin referred to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante -- both Democrats -- as "Latino supremacists." Malkin's column dealt with the recent demonstrations in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities against the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives in December 2005. Malkin characterized the protests as "militant racism" marked by "virulent anti-American hatred."

From Malkin's March 29 column:

Apologists are quick to argue that Latino supremacists are just a small fringe faction of the pro-illegal immigration movement (never mind that their ranks include former and current Hispanic politicians from L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to former California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cruz Bustamante).

—S.S.M.