Transcript excerpts from Interview of Larry Flynt

Larry Flynt Program #373, September 19, 2003

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LARRY FLYNT:

Well, look. What Gray Davis did in terms of authorizing those driver’s licenses was really embarrassing to anybody who lives in California. Illegal immigration has been a huge drain on this State forever. And each administration gives it lip service, but nobody does anything about it. You know, I’ talking about not just regular benefits, but Medicare and other services, you know, that are provided to the illegals. So I’m not opposed to immigration because we’re a nation of immigrants. But we have to have orderly immigration. And we have not made any effort to close the border. It’s wide open. Cars drive through in the thousands, you know. So the Federal government has to get in and close that border.

DUTTON:

Tell me, what do you think about the California State Legislature that passes a bill, and it’s signed into law by the governor, saying that they’re going to give illegal aliens free tuition at the California colleges?

LARRY FLYNT:

We have many children in this State that live in poverty, that are underprivileged, but are also citizens of this country. Now, those people, I think, deserve preferential treatment over illegal aliens. Now, I don’t want to make this sound like that I’m against immigration, I’m against aliens coming into the country. I’m not. You know. But –

DUTTON:

But what they’re doing is actually sending a signal for more people to come here, isn’t it?

LARRY FLYNT:

Yeah. Because they’re offering more. They want to give them a driver’s license, they want to pay their tuition, they want to give them benefits that take care of their medical expenses. You know, there’s every reason why they come.

DUTTON:

Okay. Give us your wisdom here. Why do you think the legislature and the governor are doing this? If it’s hurting the State, how are they benefiting?

LARRY FLYNT:

I’ll tell you exactly why. They’re all paranoid about the Latino vote because it’s 60 percent of the electorate in California. And not only do they want to pander to this vote, but they want to do some of these things that we just discussed which, you know, are unethical and improper, to try and entice the vote.