Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL) sparked controversy after reportedly declaring at the second annual Panamerican Congress held in Mexico that she is a proud Guatemalan before she is an American.

Ramirez, whose husband is a DACA recipient and defines her marriage as “mixed-status” on a campaign website, apparently made the controversial remarks this past weekend at what the Daily Caller has described as a “radical” summit organized by the director of an “anti-American organization.”

“I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,” she told the group while speaking in Spanish, according to the outlet’s translation.

The Daily Caller informs us that they “confirmed the translation of her statement with multiple Spanish speakers.”

In addition to those controversial remarks, it is reported that Ramirez denigrated the United States for being “addicted to war” and accused the country in which she works as a public servant of using “imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.”

Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez at a summit in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience while speaking in Spanish: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” pic.twitter.com/ctJs5QhFLh

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