Republicans on state Dream Act: It’s to make us look racist

The very public death of the Washington Dream Act has left those in Olympia who killed the legislation grasping for a way of explaining why they wouldn’t permit the state Senate even to vote on it.

The latest line, peddled on a conservative radio talk show: Democrats’ purpose in sponsoring the legislation — aimed at making undocumented college students eligible for state financial aid — was to make Republicans look racist.