Mexicans Can Cross Rio Grande, But Not Ticks

This is a hilarious political stunt by a Pennsylvania Republican candidate. Frustrated that illegal aliens are flooding the country on the Mexican Border, Raj Bakta rented three elephants and a 6-piece mariachi band to see how long it would take the Border Patrol to notice that they were swimming in the Rio Grande.

The elephants and the mariachi band swam around for quite a while until the Border Patrol showed up. They detained the elephants to make sure they didnt have any ticks.

From the Houston Chronicle here:

BROWNSVILLE – A Pennsylvania congressional candidate and former reality-TV star used an elephant and a six-piece mariachi band for an elaborate political stunt designed to make a point about border security.

Raj Peter Bhakta, who appeared on The Apprentice, paraded an elephant and the band through the water near the mouth of the Rio Grande Tuesday.

“The elephant never made landfall into Mexico, but I tell you something, he could have made 15 laps back and forth, but no one showed up,” Bhakta, a Republican, said.

Bhakta, who favors construction of a fence along the border, said he was in Brownsville to raise money when he saw half a dozen men swimming under one of the international bridges “with complete immunity” and decided to pull the stunt.

Circus producer James Plunkett said he was hired for the photo shoot and provided three elephants.

Plunkett said his crew entered the Boca Chica beach area in Texas and remained for about an hour. The Border Patrol alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the elephants were detained and sprayed for ticks, then released, the newspaper reported.

Do funny political stunts work? I hope so. Hey Pennsylvania! Vote Raj! Hot Air has a video here.