Trump tech bros spar with MAGA loyalists online - All In - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Unelected policy influencers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want the U.S. to continue giving visas to skilled immigrants who are crucial to the Silicon Valley workforce, causing a rift with the anti-immigrant diehards in the Republican party. Ramaswamy blames American “culture” – and popular television characters – as the reason tech companies often hire foreign-born engineers. Jason Johnson explains that Americans do celebrate nerdy cultural icons, adding, “maybe the issue isn’t that Americans don’t like nerds, Vivek. Maybe people just didn’t like you.” Tim Miller and Wajahat Ali join to discuss. - Aired on 12/27/2024.

[keithbvadu2]

1. Don't deport MY immigrants.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I really don't get this, this country was started by immigrants

Every single one of us wouldn't be here if not for brave immigrants willing to make the journey to a new country. My immigrant ancestors range from Dutch immigrants in the 1600s to my mother's parents who came from Poland in the early 1900s.