Tribalism, Hypocrisy, and Flip Flops
- The Filter
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min read
Lately the president has made another move regarding DACA:
-Constructing the border wall with Mexico
-Employing 10,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 1,000 lawyers for the agency
-Hiring an extra 370 immigration judges and 300 federal prosecutors
-Banning immigrants from bringing their extended family members to the US
-Penalizing "sanctuary cities" that have resisted the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants
-Having companies use an E-Verify program to keep illegal immigrants from getting jobs.
.... And we hear the same cries of racism, xenophobia, white supremacy, yada yada yaah!
Those are actually very reasonable proposition set worth, the only reason why people are freaking out about it is because it's normal protocol; if it isn't their guy/girl then they WILL lose there minds and go against anything put forth by that person no matter how reasonable the ideas seem (which is tribalism in its pure modern form).
Now if this were Hillary -- who i will add wanted a border wall as well;
"Well look," Clinton said, "I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in. And I do think you have to control your borders."
Clinton has said that, as president, she would continue President Obama's precedent of dealing with immigration policy through executive action, meaning more subversion of the constitution as well (no surprise) while president Trump is using the law of the land and letting Congress decide (which is how it's supposed to be done).
I remember back in an 2014 interview where Hillary Clinton said children of illegal immigrants should be sent back.
She's flipped 180 on many positions she was once for. She was against almost everything that she stands for today just a couple of years ago. Trump has been consistent in what he has been doing as far as keeping promises he made albeit toning down some more extreme positions.
Hillary would have tanked our economy, put us at war with Russia immediately, centralized a ton of services and businesses.
So in other words: keep up the good work Mr. President.
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