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white progressives who really support the open border, both for economic and for social reasons, but also the Soros Foundation, the Ford Foundation, all of these NGOs that have a very, very open borders mentality. They don't believe borders are real. They don't believe in nation states. They don't believe in national borders. And of course, this is the most elite thing possible.
There are millions of Americans who the only thing they have in their life that gives them pride is their American identity. They are proud to belong to this, the greatest nation on planet Earth. And that is the thing that the elites cannot stand for themselves. have that they want to rob them of.
There are millions of Americans who the only thing they have in their life that gives them pride is their American identity. They are proud to belong to this, the greatest nation on planet Earth. And that is the thing that the elites cannot stand for themselves. have that they want to rob them of.
There are millions of Americans who the only thing they have in their life that gives them pride is their American identity. They are proud to belong to this, the greatest nation on planet Earth. And that is the thing that the elites cannot stand for themselves. have that they want to rob them of.
And of course, the way you rob them of that is you dilute it by having an open border and having a marketplace that welcomes in millions of people to compete with working class people in the marketplace. It does dilute our rights.
And of course, the way you rob them of that is you dilute it by having an open border and having a marketplace that welcomes in millions of people to compete with working class people in the marketplace. It does dilute our rights.
And of course, the way you rob them of that is you dilute it by having an open border and having a marketplace that welcomes in millions of people to compete with working class people in the marketplace. It does dilute our rights.
The idea that you could have somebody here who is, you know, claiming to have the same legal protections as a citizen is a way of saying the citizenship itself should not count for anything. And I think all good people should say no to that.
The idea that you could have somebody here who is, you know, claiming to have the same legal protections as a citizen is a way of saying the citizenship itself should not count for anything. And I think all good people should say no to that.
The idea that you could have somebody here who is, you know, claiming to have the same legal protections as a citizen is a way of saying the citizenship itself should not count for anything. And I think all good people should say no to that.
I think they're wrong on the on the legal merits. John, you were saying yesterday you made a really good point, which is that this parole program is always at the request of the president and can be revoked at any moment. You're totally right. They just want to keep them in court, keep them from enacting the agenda that the president was put in office to enact. by the voters of this country.
I think they're wrong on the on the legal merits. John, you were saying yesterday you made a really good point, which is that this parole program is always at the request of the president and can be revoked at any moment. You're totally right. They just want to keep them in court, keep them from enacting the agenda that the president was put in office to enact. by the voters of this country.
I think they're wrong on the on the legal merits. John, you were saying yesterday you made a really good point, which is that this parole program is always at the request of the president and can be revoked at any moment. You're totally right. They just want to keep them in court, keep them from enacting the agenda that the president was put in office to enact. by the voters of this country.
You know, Megan, I keep thinking if this was 2016, back then the Democrats sort of mass media approach to opposing the Trump administration worked a lot better. Remember the whole like family separation thing? You know, that was in the New York Times and then it was on CNN and MSNBC. And suddenly, you know, the Trump administration had to back off because there was this huge outcry.
You know, Megan, I keep thinking if this was 2016, back then the Democrats sort of mass media approach to opposing the Trump administration worked a lot better. Remember the whole like family separation thing? You know, that was in the New York Times and then it was on CNN and MSNBC. And suddenly, you know, the Trump administration had to back off because there was this huge outcry.
You know, Megan, I keep thinking if this was 2016, back then the Democrats sort of mass media approach to opposing the Trump administration worked a lot better. Remember the whole like family separation thing? You know, that was in the New York Times and then it was on CNN and MSNBC. And suddenly, you know, the Trump administration had to back off because there was this huge outcry.
And I think today we are just in a totally different moment because the voters, the electorate, the American people was able to see what happens when you have somebody like Joe Biden just basically decriminalize illegal border crossing, which is what he did, which is what he promised he was going to do during the campaign. And what an absolute mess it made.
And I think today we are just in a totally different moment because the voters, the electorate, the American people was able to see what happens when you have somebody like Joe Biden just basically decriminalize illegal border crossing, which is what he did, which is what he promised he was going to do during the campaign. And what an absolute mess it made.
And I think today we are just in a totally different moment because the voters, the electorate, the American people was able to see what happens when you have somebody like Joe Biden just basically decriminalize illegal border crossing, which is what he did, which is what he promised he was going to do during the campaign. And what an absolute mess it made.
And the most horrifying part about it is this to me. I mean, obviously, the crimes that are committed against American citizens, I agree, they're totally horrifying. But let's remember why Biden did this. It's because American corporations were desperate for workers in the post-pandemic labor crunch and they didn't want to pay American workers what they were asking for.