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0 pointsHDThoreaun2mo ago0 comments

Im baffled that you can look at the polling numbers about the migrant fiascos in dem cities and come to any conclusion other than that it was one of the biggest political fuck ups this century. Republicans played urban dems like a fiddle calling their bluff on sanctuary city talk. The bussing programs made republicans look like problem solvers and dems look like the classic progressive trope of all bark no answers. Dems didnt need to close the borders or even slow down immigration, but they did need a real answer that isnt "this isnt a real problem" and they came up with nothing.

The migrants were a serious problem for democrats and youre still denying that.

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vkou2mo ago

Why is deep-red-rural America so concerned about the 'migrant fiasco' in the dem cities that they don't live in?

HDThoreaunOP2mo ago

1. Theyre racist and xenophobic so they dont like migrants

2. They feel discriminated against by urban people so they dont like them either

3. Combine those two and its easy to see how they can revel in the suffering caused by the situation. Politics is about narratives and this one spread like wildfire because dems had no counter narrative. End of the day cities are dominated by democratic politics so its easy for republican narrative makers to point at cities that are failing to deal with a crisis and turn that into a reason to not vote for dems.

4. Everyone loves a good told you so. The problem for democrats with this one was that it was so incredibly visible. Made for very good TV on fox news

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