Heather Cox Richardson notes that Trump and his allies did not want the federal government to cut interest rates, as it just did — regardless of the hurt that not cutting interest rates would inflict on Americans. Lowering interest rates now is a political move, Trump's folks maintain, one designed to help Kamala Harris.
Richardson cites Philip Gourevitch:
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September 18, 2024
Today, at a White House reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, President Joe Biden said: "We don't demonize immigrants.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
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William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •“Trump has been begging officials worldwide not to do the right thing for years to help rig the election for him—no deal in Gaza, no defense of Ukraine, no Kremlin hostages release, no border deal, no continuing resolution, no interest rate cuts etc—just sabotage & subterfuge.”
#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction
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William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •Then Richardson adds:
"That impulse to focus on regaining power rather than serving the country was at least part of what was behind Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s lie about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio."
#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
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William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"The reward that the Haitian community in Springfield has received for doing exactly what Republicans demand of legal immigrants—work, provide for themselves, contribute to their community—is a campaign of slander and intimidation."
~ Adam Serwer
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The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •As Kaili Joy Gray reports, J.D. Vance informed a North Carolina audience yesterday that though we all know the Haitian immigrants he and Trump are attacking in Ohio are legal immigrants, he intends to keep calling them illegal — just because. Because truth is not what matters to him and Trump and to their followers….
#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
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JD Vance vows to keep spreading racist lies about his own constituents
Daily KosWilliam Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"The continual rejection of truth by some of the most prominent people in public life does real damage, not only to innocent people’s lives and to a community’s safety, but more broadly to our society and democracy."
~ Margaret Sullivan
#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
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JD Vance is factually challenged – and morally deficient
Margaret Sullivan (The Guardian)William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Vance thinks he bears no responsibility to fact-check his allegations before he spews them, even if they lead to violence. He doesn’t even accept that it matters whether they turn out to be true."
~ Will Saletan
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Trump and Vance Are Hypocrites About Political Violence
Will Saletan (The Bulwark)William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Engendering public animus toward immigrants is a soft launch of sorts for Trump’s mass deportation project—which, as Mother Jones’ Isabela Dias reports, is going to target not only undocumented migrants but legal ones too."
~ Jason Linkins
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William Lindsey :toad:
in reply to William Lindsey :toad: • • •"Combined with the specter of Trump’s threat of mass deportations if he wins, the rhetoric that the Republican campaign is staking the race on continues to blur the line between legal and illegal immigration in a way that puts immigrants of all statuses at risk."
~ David Kurtz
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Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants
David Kurtz (Morning Memo)