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69. Voters are citizens.

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:37 AM

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Trump can't legally deport citizens, and why would he deport citizens who voted for him?

Will the wealthy voters in Dearborn care if non-citizens are deported? Maybe? Will it really happen to their families? Unlikely.

It's the same miscalculation that the Democratic Party made about Latino voters. If you can vote, you're a citizen. Lots of Latino citizens are resentful of undocumented immigrants. And Hispanic/Latino is a very diverse identification. Puerto Ricans whose families have lived in New York for generations are insulted at the suggestion that they are the same group as undocumented people from
Mexico or Honduras. Cuban Americans in south Florida are not happy about undocumented people coming from communist nations. Mexican Americans in AZ who've been here for generations are not happy that others seem to be getting better deals.

Over and over, people forget that other people are just like us, with all our petty resentments and points of view. Humans are bad at seeing the big picture.

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How about Dems abandoning the Abandon Harris supporters [View all] kansasobama Thursday OP

Or... Think. Again. Thursday #1

If there are normal elections kansasobama Thursday #2

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Or.... Happy Hoosier Thursday #7

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DING DING DING! harumph Thursday #48

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Except that we're talking about people that apparently aren't Democratic votes. They have their own little party. Walleye Thursday #102

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they made the cut. WhiteTara Thursday #31

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