Brown-Waite digs ‘foreign citizens’ hole deeper.

In op-ed yesterday, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) refused to apologize again for referring to Puerto Ricans and Guamanians as “foreign citizens” while also misstating more facts about their citizenship:

“In my original statement on the stimulus package I used the same word that the IRS uses to describe income earned in Puerto Rico…foreign.” — Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [Orlando Sentinel, 2/10/08]

VERSUS

“The term ‘foreign country’ does not include U.S. possessions such as Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.” — Foreign Earned Income Exclusion – Requirements [IRS.gov]

UPDATE: In fairness to Rep. Brown-Waite, commenter good_golly notes that other sections of the tax code do include Puerto Rico and Guam under the term “foreign country.”