Bold of JD Vance to assume first and second generation Americans (like his wife, and his inlaws) don't have the same commitment to America as he does. You know who else had generations of family buried on American soil? Robert E. Lee, iirc the one US Army colonel from Virginia to join the treason army.
So, (checks wiki), Vance’s boss is the grandchild of one lot of immigrants, the child of another immigrant and he is married to an immigrant. Vance’s own wife is the child of immigrants. America’s story is that of immigration. Such stunning hypocrisy.
"Republicans can’t complain that Simone Biles or Noah Lyles are “DEI hires”" - oh yes, they can. I've seen it. Almost beyond belief that someone could claim that the greatest female gymnast of her era was just a DEI hire, but its true.
It appears that you had a pre-defined conclusion here that all conservatives are both racist and anti-immigration and you are trying to ride on the back of the exceptionalism of Biles and Ledecky to somehow make it seem true?
You are using deceptive language to imply that opposing illegal mass immigration is the same thing as anti-diversity. Perhaps J.D. Vance’s wife and in-laws would disagree with your assumption that he is a white supremacist that opposes immigration from non-white countries.
An undertone to your piece here is that eliminating DEI would take opportunity away from truly exceptional (and inspiring) athletes and give it to less gifted athletes that happen to be white. That is neither how DEI works, nor is it why so many people want it eliminated. DEI policies are innately racist and mimics corrupt nepotism that places well-connected individuals or demographics in positions that in many cases they are not qualified for, or where there are much more qualified individuals.
There is no point at which this article assumes that all conservatives are racist and anti-immigration. This is the fallacy known as the "straw man." In fact, if you know your history, you'd know that Reagan (the Conservative Godfather) saw immigration as a boon to the country. . . In fact, the economy depends on immigration to the tune of $7 billion a year. . . And yet, you also fail to take into account the hundreds of years of slavery, Jim Crow, Interment Camps, and discrimination that have always privileged white people. Again, you seem to lack an important historical perspective that would be important.
“Although I can’t read their minds, I suspect that the U.S. Olympic team has a little too much diversity for the comfort of people like Trump and Vance, who lead a party so committed to re-whitening America that they printed up signs reading “MASS DEPORTATION NOW” for delegates to wave at their convention.”
I don’t know if they were printed up by the Republican party or not, but how is deporting people who entered a country illegally racist?
Why is the Democratic Party not concerned about non-citizens using up resources that would otherwise go to education, public assistance and outreach programs for their urban and inner city voters and constituents? I could get behind a lot more Democrat candidates if that were the case.
While I know first hand that not all immigrants that enter the United States illegally are criminals or degenerates, that does not mean that they should be rewarded by being allowed to stay or be given free social services that we cannot to afford to give to our own citizens.
People are not mad that the people entering illegally are a different color or culture, they are mad because Mexican and South American Drug Cartels are taking advantage of loose border policies to bring in Chinese manufactured Fentanyl that is decimating the entire country. The Cartels are also building criminal networks across the country that local and federal law enforcement are incapable of dealing with.
Reform immigration policies? YES. Give liberal allowance for asylum? YES. Allow unlimited and uncontrolled border crossings? NO. Allow people who entered illegally to stay? NO.
Most immigrants right now are coming from Venezuela. And of course, the US had a hand in the destruction of their economy. So now we want to stop them from coming here? American exceptionalism, indeed.
Because yes, Venezuelan drug cartels are facilitating the mass immigration, mostly likely with the support of the Venezuelan and Chinese governments to de-stabilize the United States with drugs, crime and stress on social safety net programs.
I didn't get that impression from the article, but neither will I accept as relevant the slanted, racial attitudes of the current GOP leadership towards immigration in general!! In Canada, we had DEI policies and I believe that much like unions, they have a place, only because of the money and greed inherent in politics. In a country like the USA where privileged whites fought for slavery, those attitudes aren't difficult to imagine!!
“Although I can’t read their minds, I suspect that the U.S. Olympic team has a little too much diversity for the comfort of people like Trump and Vance, who lead a party so committed to re-whitening America that they printed up signs reading “MASS DEPORTATION NOW” for delegates to wave at their convention.”
So how are you going to "choose" who gets to be deported? Do you think the only "good" immigrants come in legally? Illegal immigration does need to be dealt with. There was a bipartisan bill about to be passed until DJ Trump told Republicans to sink it because he wants a border problem just to win an election.
We have needed immigration reform for at least 40 years. The current system of quotas and other nit-picky rules benefits nobody except companies (like Tyson Foods) that like to hire workers that can’t unionize or complain about working conditions or wages, and that they can call ICE on at a whim.
Be that as it may, if someone has entered ANY country illegally, whether they are a good person or not, they need to be deported. Handling it any other way simply invites more and more people to enter illegally.
There are Millions of people who entered this country illegally residing in the United States right now. Regardless of why they came, their unofficial status leaves them vulnerable to criminal networks, trafficking and other forms of exploitation which makes the United States a more dangerous and less secure place for everyone: citizens, legal residents AND individuals residing here illegally. Our cities and states are now diverting money and resources away from other vulnerable populations in order care for them.
So yes… deporting everyone who arrived illegally (and has since not been enrolled in an asylum status) is something I support, though I would take away the current penalty of having to wait 10 years to apply for entry/residency.
To be honest, I thought everyone since Clinton should have done more. Neither Obama, Trump or Biden created the mass immigration caravans (the Cartels and 40 years of failed U.S. immigration and South American foreign policy did).
Obama and Trump at least enforced border policies, and Trump implemented the “remain in Mexico” policy to vet asylum seekers before entering the country, and attempted to construct a border wall.
Biden and Harris not only stopped the construction of the border wall, but prohibited local and state agencies from policing their districts. They also did not allow Border security to prevent illegal crossings, even when it was a matter of watching them cross. There are now Millions of migrants that crossed illegally in our country that were not here before. The federal government then transported unvetted migrants all across the country where local cities and states already had strained infrastructure and budgets. So in that light, maybe Biden keeping up with previous deportation numbers isn’t such an accomplishment.
Do not make the error that the GOP is talking about policy. Their only objective is to instill hate and fear in the minds of voters. They point to anyone not white and say "beware, they are coming for YOU and your jobs". They do it to women, also. There is no logic in it; stop looking for it. Hell, 90% of maga can't run 1500m let alone swim it.
What a thoroughly worthwhile and uplifting piece today. Thank you.
Welcome back, Paul!
This is the America they don’t want. Wake up and vote blue. Separate drinking fountains are not coming back
That is exactly how I felt about watching the Olympics. What an uplifting piece to fight against the gloom and doom America of Republicans.
Bold of JD Vance to assume first and second generation Americans (like his wife, and his inlaws) don't have the same commitment to America as he does. You know who else had generations of family buried on American soil? Robert E. Lee, iirc the one US Army colonel from Virginia to join the treason army.
Brilliant, Paul!
So, (checks wiki), Vance’s boss is the grandchild of one lot of immigrants, the child of another immigrant and he is married to an immigrant. Vance’s own wife is the child of immigrants. America’s story is that of immigration. Such stunning hypocrisy.
lovely, thanks!
"Republicans can’t complain that Simone Biles or Noah Lyles are “DEI hires”" - oh yes, they can. I've seen it. Almost beyond belief that someone could claim that the greatest female gymnast of her era was just a DEI hire, but its true.
It appears that you had a pre-defined conclusion here that all conservatives are both racist and anti-immigration and you are trying to ride on the back of the exceptionalism of Biles and Ledecky to somehow make it seem true?
You are using deceptive language to imply that opposing illegal mass immigration is the same thing as anti-diversity. Perhaps J.D. Vance’s wife and in-laws would disagree with your assumption that he is a white supremacist that opposes immigration from non-white countries.
An undertone to your piece here is that eliminating DEI would take opportunity away from truly exceptional (and inspiring) athletes and give it to less gifted athletes that happen to be white. That is neither how DEI works, nor is it why so many people want it eliminated. DEI policies are innately racist and mimics corrupt nepotism that places well-connected individuals or demographics in positions that in many cases they are not qualified for, or where there are much more qualified individuals.
There is no point at which this article assumes that all conservatives are racist and anti-immigration. This is the fallacy known as the "straw man." In fact, if you know your history, you'd know that Reagan (the Conservative Godfather) saw immigration as a boon to the country. . . In fact, the economy depends on immigration to the tune of $7 billion a year. . . And yet, you also fail to take into account the hundreds of years of slavery, Jim Crow, Interment Camps, and discrimination that have always privileged white people. Again, you seem to lack an important historical perspective that would be important.
Direct quote from article:
“Although I can’t read their minds, I suspect that the U.S. Olympic team has a little too much diversity for the comfort of people like Trump and Vance, who lead a party so committed to re-whitening America that they printed up signs reading “MASS DEPORTATION NOW” for delegates to wave at their convention.”
Were those signs printed up by the party or not? Because that is pretty self-damning right there.
I don’t know if they were printed up by the Republican party or not, but how is deporting people who entered a country illegally racist?
Why is the Democratic Party not concerned about non-citizens using up resources that would otherwise go to education, public assistance and outreach programs for their urban and inner city voters and constituents? I could get behind a lot more Democrat candidates if that were the case.
While I know first hand that not all immigrants that enter the United States illegally are criminals or degenerates, that does not mean that they should be rewarded by being allowed to stay or be given free social services that we cannot to afford to give to our own citizens.
People are not mad that the people entering illegally are a different color or culture, they are mad because Mexican and South American Drug Cartels are taking advantage of loose border policies to bring in Chinese manufactured Fentanyl that is decimating the entire country. The Cartels are also building criminal networks across the country that local and federal law enforcement are incapable of dealing with.
Reform immigration policies? YES. Give liberal allowance for asylum? YES. Allow unlimited and uncontrolled border crossings? NO. Allow people who entered illegally to stay? NO.
Most immigrants right now are coming from Venezuela. And of course, the US had a hand in the destruction of their economy. So now we want to stop them from coming here? American exceptionalism, indeed.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/venezula-what-happened-maduro-trump-migration-border/
I think what you mean is that most of the illegal immigration is being FACILITATED by Venezuela, not consisting of Venezuelan nationals.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/state/US
Because yes, Venezuelan drug cartels are facilitating the mass immigration, mostly likely with the support of the Venezuelan and Chinese governments to de-stabilize the United States with drugs, crime and stress on social safety net programs.
Amen, brother!!
I didn't get that impression from the article, but neither will I accept as relevant the slanted, racial attitudes of the current GOP leadership towards immigration in general!! In Canada, we had DEI policies and I believe that much like unions, they have a place, only because of the money and greed inherent in politics. In a country like the USA where privileged whites fought for slavery, those attitudes aren't difficult to imagine!!
Direct quote from article:
“Although I can’t read their minds, I suspect that the U.S. Olympic team has a little too much diversity for the comfort of people like Trump and Vance, who lead a party so committed to re-whitening America that they printed up signs reading “MASS DEPORTATION NOW” for delegates to wave at their convention.”
So how are you going to "choose" who gets to be deported? Do you think the only "good" immigrants come in legally? Illegal immigration does need to be dealt with. There was a bipartisan bill about to be passed until DJ Trump told Republicans to sink it because he wants a border problem just to win an election.
We have needed immigration reform for at least 40 years. The current system of quotas and other nit-picky rules benefits nobody except companies (like Tyson Foods) that like to hire workers that can’t unionize or complain about working conditions or wages, and that they can call ICE on at a whim.
Be that as it may, if someone has entered ANY country illegally, whether they are a good person or not, they need to be deported. Handling it any other way simply invites more and more people to enter illegally.
There are Millions of people who entered this country illegally residing in the United States right now. Regardless of why they came, their unofficial status leaves them vulnerable to criminal networks, trafficking and other forms of exploitation which makes the United States a more dangerous and less secure place for everyone: citizens, legal residents AND individuals residing here illegally. Our cities and states are now diverting money and resources away from other vulnerable populations in order care for them.
So yes… deporting everyone who arrived illegally (and has since not been enrolled in an asylum status) is something I support, though I would take away the current penalty of having to wait 10 years to apply for entry/residency.
So Trump was much better on the border, right?
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/biden-deportation-record
To be honest, I thought everyone since Clinton should have done more. Neither Obama, Trump or Biden created the mass immigration caravans (the Cartels and 40 years of failed U.S. immigration and South American foreign policy did).
Obama and Trump at least enforced border policies, and Trump implemented the “remain in Mexico” policy to vet asylum seekers before entering the country, and attempted to construct a border wall.
Biden and Harris not only stopped the construction of the border wall, but prohibited local and state agencies from policing their districts. They also did not allow Border security to prevent illegal crossings, even when it was a matter of watching them cross. There are now Millions of migrants that crossed illegally in our country that were not here before. The federal government then transported unvetted migrants all across the country where local cities and states already had strained infrastructure and budgets. So in that light, maybe Biden keeping up with previous deportation numbers isn’t such an accomplishment.
Do not make the error that the GOP is talking about policy. Their only objective is to instill hate and fear in the minds of voters. They point to anyone not white and say "beware, they are coming for YOU and your jobs". They do it to women, also. There is no logic in it; stop looking for it. Hell, 90% of maga can't run 1500m let alone swim it.