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Trump Says Democrats Want Immigrants to ‘Infest’ the U.S.
The Atlantic ^ | June 19, 2018 | David A. Graham

Posted on 06/19/2018 10:11:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

What are infestations? They are takeovers by vermin, rodents, insects. What does one do with an infestation? Why, one exterminates it.

One of the paradoxes of modern-day American politics is that white identity politics can be a potent political platform, as long as you don’t call it that. Policies with racist effects are often popular; explicit racism is verboten.

Thus Donald Trump can win the presidency while running, as my colleague Adam Serwer documented, on a program of discrimination, but when Corey Stewart, a Republican politician in Virginia, makes his white-identity politics too explicit he gets shunned by the GOP.

Sometimes, however, the president’s mask slips, usually at moments of national crisis, and he says the quiet part loud, as The Simpsons memorably put it. This happened after race riots in Charlottesville, when Trump insisted there were good people among the white-supremacist marchers. And it’s happening again now in the context of separating families at the borders....

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: democrats; illegals; immigration; trump
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The old dog whistle canard. Nixon, Reagan, Goldwater, both Bushes and probably Ike were "guilty" of it.
1 posted on 06/19/2018 10:11:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Swell- now they are going to zero in on the word ‘infest’ and make the claim that this backs up their accusation of racism


2 posted on 06/19/2018 10:14:39 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s right, isn’t he?

The Dem calculation is that the percentage of really bad people will be small, and far outweighed by the product of downstream dependable Dem voters, as the immigrants move along the citizenship path.


3 posted on 06/19/2018 10:15:43 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Termites would be an apt description.


4 posted on 06/19/2018 10:15:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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Did DJT pass this Tweet past the editorial board of the National Review?


5 posted on 06/19/2018 10:16:18 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This crap will go on and on unless, and until, the Media is dealt with.


6 posted on 06/19/2018 10:16:29 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No surprise in a pathetic effort to distract and deflect from the damning IG report about Democrat corruption in the Obama DOJ, the Democrat directed Fake Media is freaking out at Trump for a policy started by their god Obama.


7 posted on 06/19/2018 10:16:47 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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Democrats don’t care if MS13 kills OUR children because they’re placed miles and miles from white liberal elites neighborhoods.

That’s OUR mistake.

Illegals need to be placed in DC’s best neighborhoods... we’ll all be happy to have our taxes raised so we can place the thugs WITH THE BEST DC HAS TO OFFER.


8 posted on 06/19/2018 10:16:48 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Difference between Hillary and Putin? Putin can win an election rigged in his favor.)
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Of course he didnt say that, at the link to the source they give his actual quote and Trump said ‘Illegal Immigrants’

MSM lying incessantly.

He should have said ‘illegals’


9 posted on 06/19/2018 10:18:04 AM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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I don't see a problem with what Trump said....
Infest | Definition of Infest by Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infest Definition of infest. infested; infesting; infests. transitive verb. 1 : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner.

10 posted on 06/19/2018 10:18:10 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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He said ILLEGAL immigrants.


11 posted on 06/19/2018 10:18:20 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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***WARNING***

Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets that proved themselves during the 2016 campaign to be operatives of the DNC and intentional liars. They are presumed to be lying and we should presume what they publish is a lie. The presumption can only be rebutted with the outlet providing clear and convincing evidence they are not lying.

Illegal immigration and immigration of our enemies is INVASION and the Constitution MANDATES the Trump and the feds PREVENT INVASION.

The United States...shall protect each of them against Invasion
U.S. Const., Art IV, Sec. 4.

INVASION and illegal voting for the Lying Leftist Democrats is the issue. Don't pay attention to the Lying Atlantic.

12 posted on 06/19/2018 10:19:57 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Every time the liberals start on one of their hand wringing mock outrage assaults on Trump, his voters (including me) give a cheer and say “That’s what we elected him to do.”


13 posted on 06/19/2018 10:20:31 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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When are we going to tell them to take all of these fake charges of of racism which really are against all Americans and to just shove them?
They have ruined the life of a decorated war hero general over some misstatement in an interview, while they want us to lionize illegals. No way.


14 posted on 06/19/2018 10:20:51 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Both Bushes? Absolutely not.

Dubya tried his damnedest to force another illegal alien amnesty on the country.


15 posted on 06/19/2018 10:21:34 AM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So does the GOP, chamber of commerce, and our un-American business leaders.


16 posted on 06/19/2018 10:21:50 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So do the Repukes.


17 posted on 06/19/2018 10:22:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Trump Says Democrats Want Immigrants to ‘Infest’ the U.S.

Since the population is catching on to the demi-rats using them for years they need more serfs to fill in the voting gaps.


18 posted on 06/19/2018 10:23:40 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Washinton DC, District of Corruption proven daily)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Social Justice warriors want more illegal children crossing the border ‘cause they are pedophiles and want more victims.


19 posted on 06/19/2018 10:24:00 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good golly. Trump will never get the illegal alien vote now. /s


20 posted on 06/19/2018 10:25:14 AM PDT by forgotten man
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