Phil Labonte
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I agree that there should be no birthright citizenship.
My point is the firmer the path there, the more it's going to stick.
And I think this is a very tenuous path to abolishing it.
And I don't think the justices at all seem inclined to go for this.
And I think the important thing is,
I think people on the right often are like, if we don't get it this way, like it's a wrap, throw the hands in the air.
If you look at Democrats, whatever issue they had, including the ERA, they fight for it for decades.
They never give up.
They're like, let's try this route.
Let's try this route.
Let's try this route.
So I would tell people who are opposed to birthright citizenship, as I am, if this goes down, as it almost certainly will, don't say like, well, America's done.
There are other mechanisms.
There are things you can do to restrict the capacity of people to become citizens.
What citizens can do.
There's two large problems.
Let's clarify that.