At some point we've got to stop taking ourselves for fools and assuming that any tribal spaghetti that might stick is worth throwing at the wall
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It's this kind of rhetoric that makes me think Trumpism is alive and well on the left: *any* concern about illegal immigration, whether right- or wrong-headed, is not automatically tantamount to endorsing family separation or kids in cageshttps://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1180994229516025857 …
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Illegal immigrants aren't a threat to Beto, or anyone much like him. But the idea that they're not a threat to *anyone's* livelihood is a luxury belief, attained by accessing education, experience & credentials that are generally off-limits to anyone in the country illegally
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Of course, you can acknowledge this and still be in favor of a humane legal system re: immigration, and even more legal immigration (as I am). It just doesn't help to pretend that there can't be winners *and* losers as the result of net-positive policies
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Let’s be real though, Beto is an impotent candidate
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I think he's the guy they tread out to appease the base by saying the insane crap the frontrunners can't say without getting torn apart in the general.
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Politics must be incredibly tough. Still it’s a wonder why *almost all* politicians seem so rudimentary. Complex problems require thorough plans, not pandering sound bites. I’m not sure what this is more of... disappointing or the same I see
@AndrewYang as most well thought outThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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To be honest, even as a moderate, after the fiasco with the southern border, we have to reduce illegal immigration, but I also don't like the idea of effectively using an honor system of some kind, so I kind of flipped on the wall. If it will reduce immigration so there's...
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...less need for these detention centers, then let's do it.
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