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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Jun 2018

    What's driving the immigration crackdown? Racism, more than electoral politics, I'd say. https://newrepublic.com/minutes/149188/xenophobia-rather-polling-numbers-may-best-explain-immigration-policy …

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      1. nolarambler‏ @chadortis 19 Jun 2018
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        Plus nothing beats stealing brown babies from their parents for firing up the GOP base.

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      1. tahfromslc‏ @tahfromslc 19 Jun 2018
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        It’s both. They are intertwined with the GOP now.

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      1. Sue Santoro  🇺🇦‏ @SueSantoro 19 Jun 2018
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        Also, that guy on the right up there carrying Ivanka's luggage

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      2. p‏ @holzprueghel 19 Jun 2018
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        The Republicans faced two choices, slowly embrace and turn a big part of the Latinos into "whites" or double down on excluding non-whites. They chose the latter.

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      3. Sarah Grynpas‏ @SarahGrynpas 19 Jun 2018
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        They tried for a long time to turn Latinos into whites. That was the Bush family's policy for decades. Not to mention McCain and Romney's. I expect it still is for much of the GOP (not for altruistic reasons; racism is less profitable).

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      1. Bill Smith‏ @sonimfan 19 Jun 2018
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        The problem with Trump's racist politics is that it's too obviously racist and evil. For example, American pro-lifers have joined with white racists so that white racists can make the excuse that they aren't voting for white supremacy but merely defending the unborn

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      1. Ric Caric‏ @riccaric 19 Jun 2018
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        For Trump/Miller, racism is electoral politics. To survive politically, they need high levels of turnout among their deplorable base and the only way to do that is to pump up the racism. Otherwise, Republican turnout might fall at the same time Dems are excited to vote.

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      1. Sarah Grynpas‏ @SarahGrynpas 19 Jun 2018
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        Basically, the GOP has an unshakable coalition between the "give rich people all the tax money" crowd, and the racists. Those groups agree to support each other. Until Democrats can either break their bond or get a bigger coalition of their own, this is status quo.

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      1. ed sanders‏ @e_d_sanders 19 Jun 2018
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        True, but don’t discount the sadism

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      1. Max Hilton‏ @MaxHilton7 20 Jun 2018
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        I think they're linked yet. Might be like checking on which comes first the chicken or the egg

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