Donald Trump railed against immigrants, presenting them as a threat to a supposed American way of life. Kamala Harris, for her part, embraced this same narrative, if not the rhetoric, and yet had nothing to show for it on Wednesday morning.
About 71 percent of Americans, including majorities across the political spectrum, believe economic factors are largely behind the recent influx of migrants, whether it’s better opportunities in the U.S. or poor conditions in their home countries, according to a report from the Pew Research Center. Sixty-five percent pointed to violence in migrants’ home countries as a major reason for driving so many people to the U.S.
Last year, border state Reps. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, and Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., tried warning Biden again.
“Rather than re-imposing Trump-era deterrence policies,” they wrote, “we must demonstrate a sharp contrast with these approaches by showing compassion towards migrants and upholding our asylum obligations, while simultaneously seeking to curb the broad-based sanctions that contribute to widespread suffering and spur increased migration.”
The correct answer in the debates was “The Republicans voted against border protection…that bill had Trump’s wall in it, and they still voted it down.”
But alas…I don’t think it mattered. The R’s have had this election locked for a while.
Did she run on some right talking points on immigration that were shitty to run on and should have been cast out? Yeah absolutely. Did she run to Trumps right on Immigration? Fuck no. She never advocated for mass deportations and if she was running to the right of Trump she would have.
The article makes good points, but that headline is trash.
Because she said she was going to start small business loans instead of fighting for basic necessities of food and shelter. Funny thing is the folks voting for Trump think costs will lower but they will not.
Once things start getting worse he’ll double down and invade Mexico, Cuba, and/or Venezuela. Trade deals with other nations will be suspended resulting in mass hardships, in which he’ll triple down. Project 2025 calls for mass conscription of young adults into the military. Those conscriptes will be sent to reclaim lost resources over seas
Love that I have a millionaire in-law who onwes a huge chunk of California, hates Mexicans, and will lose everything once no one is willing to harvest for dollars a day.
Now, I’m worried they’ll just shift to institutionalized slavery and put the marginalized in prison to work the fields.
And California just reaffirmed slavery so it’s not unlikely
The tragedy of having a conservative party and a fascist cancer for leadership.
Except just the cancer now.
Harris gained nothing for literally every position she ran to the right on. Any one who provided cover, defended her in these positions, or provided other forms of apologetics: This loss is on you.
Nah, the loss is on stupid Americans. No matter her position on these issues, it should have been a landslide victory for anyone but Trump.
Nah, the loss is on stupid Americans.
Thats what they said
Even if that was true, the stupid Americans will vote again in 4 years, and their votes count for as much if not more than the rest of voters. Blaming them won’t win 2028, or even midterms. They got exactly what they wanted, why would they change?
It’s not the stupid voters. It’s the lazy fucks who decided not to vote at all.
Hope they are ready to get fucked because that’s what their inaction brought about.
I think the lesson is that if you want to win, you need to target stupid people with the kinds of stupid ideas that they like. And put them in the stupid places they congregate, online and off.
It would help to buy a bunch of media outlets and have billionaires on your team (by supporting policies that will make them more money), because they can buy up the media and then amplify any kind of nonsense you want.
This is the “when they go low, we go lower” that people are clamoring for and may be the only way to win future elections.
The messaging needs to be simple and address their stupid concerns, not cater to their stupid solutions. Campaigning on improving the immigration process to handle the influx instead of mass deportations can be kept simple and successful without being terrible and stupid.
Wrong the stupid people were voting Trump no matter what Harris position was. The only path to victory was to ensure everyone with a brain voted, but they weren’t even offered a primary.
Two years.
