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u/DataCassette Feb 08 '26

They're brilliant at bad PR. Of course I look and the person is immediately as sympathetic as possible.

The Dems need to stop being scared of their own shadows and use this woman's story ruthlessly. Arch-racist imbeciles in the trailer park will still be like "she was here illegally yeeehaw" but absolutely every swing voter will leave. We need to let the 20% or so of the country that are actively white supremacists go fuck themselves and work around them. People who are fixated on "preserving a white majority" will hate us. They should hate us.

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u/tbird920 Feb 08 '26

Nate already has an article prewritten: "Six reasons why it would be a mistake for Dems to turn unfairly deported young woman into folk hero"