For what, lying about immigrants eating pets? As one city council member said, “What’s the rush? Let’s see what he does.” (See story here.) He hasn’t won any wars, or made significant contributions to science, or written great books. Sure, he was elected vice president, but he&[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Immigrants’
November 30th, 2024 - 4:42 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Is birthright citizenship at risk?
First came Dred Scott v. Sanford, the 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that African-Americans weren’t citizens and had no constitutional rights. After the Civil War, Congress enacted the 14th Amendment to supersede the Dred Scott ruling and make the newly-freed slaves citizens. It declared t[...]
J. D. Vance’s word games
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), depicted at left, is a Yale-educated lawyer and published writer who’s very good at manipulating the English language to make it look like he’s not lying when he is. Campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 12, 2024, Vance called Biden’s inaug[...]
GOP rep is criticized for spreading lies about FEMA relief funds
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) has a track record as a conspiracy theorist. Now, she’s falsely asserting that FEMA relief funds were “redirected” to illegal immigrants (read story here). Rep. Cammack (photo, left) is an election denier who voted against certifying Biden’s 2020 elect[...]
Arrest made in Springfield, Ohio, goose killing
Well, if they weren’t eating pet dogs and cats, then they’re killing ducks and geese. That was the charge leveled by Republicans against Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian immigrants, who are in the U.S. legally on work visas. A cat did go missing. It turned up alive in its owner’s [...]
Why political lies matter
You can’t solve our country’s problems if you don’t have rational policies. Here are two CNN headlines and stories posted on Friday, September 27, 2024 (here), as the 2024 campaign enters a climactic phase: Trump campaign highlights stories of those killed by undocumented immigrant[...]
When politicians go from contentious to vile
In a democracy, politicians reflect the thinking and attitudes of their constituents, or they wouldn’t be elected. And American politics have always been rowdy, often racist, and sometimes borderline violent. But at the end of the day, a congressman can choose to stay within civilized bounds, [...]
Vance blames his kid for the plague
J. D. Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, wants to compel America’s women to be housewives and produce children (so America’s businesses can fill jobs without immigrants), but he despises his own kids. It was already reported that when Trump called Vance to offer him the veep nominat[...]
Pet lost and found
The now-infamous false rumor, amplified by Trump and J. D. Vance, that Haitian immigrant workers in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing and eating people’s pets originated from a police report about a missing cat. Anna Kilgore (photo below), the Springfield woman who reported the missing cat, fou[...]
August 31st, 2024 - 5:58 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s predictions if he loses
Here’s what will happen if Trump loses the 2024 election, according to him: “The quality of life is going to collapse” There will be a “bloodbath for the country” There will be a 1929-style stock market crash Christians will have to vote again (which is bad) Everyone wi[...]