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Amishman

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24. Their presence here is illegal, I don't understand why we bristle at the term

Fri Mar 8, 2024, 12:14 PM

Mar 8

Time to face it - people entering this country illegally is a big problem.

Chicago alone has spent over $400 million on care for those Texas keeps bussing in. As obnoxious as the Pubs bussing shit is, it is successfully making a point - the volume of people coming in is extremely difficult to cope with logistically and financially.

Yes, we can and need to be more compassionate and humane about how those coming in are treated - but we need to take actions to dramatically reduce the numbers coming in.

Sugar coating it and trying the hide the problem behind friendlier verbage doesn't make the problem go away. It's real, it's big, and it's one of the Pubs more effective attacks routes. Time to face reality and get serious.

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Huffington Post: Biden's Use Of 'Illegal' To Describe Migrants Raises Red Flags For Democrats [View all] Jose Garcia Mar 8 OP

that's it? they found 1 word? mopinko Mar 8 #1

He knows better. It was a slip. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #5

in this election, no. mopinko Mar 8 #8

It's not nitpicking. It's a known problematic phrase to describe people. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #11

this 'slip' was part of his reply to empty green. it's not like it was in the script. mopinko Mar 8 #9

So it's just something he normally says? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #12

No. It is nit picking stupidity. edisdead Mar 8 #10

This isn't a fucking cult, and he isn't the exalted leader. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #13

Apparently that is enough for some people. I'm just glad I'm an 'impure' Democrat and my pearls remain intact. nt GuppyGal Mar 8 #17

Yeah, I didn't like that at all. But, we can't have everything we want. I still donated to the campaign this morning. mucifer Mar 8 #2

Oh no! Dems in disarray! maxrandb Mar 8 #3

"In the country illegally" is more appropriate, but harder to say. (I heard Joe stutter a few times) LeftInTX Mar 8 #4

I actually don't like "undocumented" Happy Hoosier Mar 8 #20

That's how many people talk dalton99a Mar 8 #6

Well they shouldn't. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #14

AKA the real world BannonsLiver Mar 8 #35

No human being is illegal, and it's OK to remind the president of that. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 8 #7

Right? I don't know why that's problematic. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 8 #15

Their presence here is illegal, I don't understand why we bristle at the term Amishman Mar 8 #24

Because using "illegal" as a noun dehumanizes them. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 8 #25

No it doesn't. Some are in this country illegally...go ahead folks vote for Trump who has promised Demsrule86 Mar 8 #31

ok but are you really being sarcastic or do you actually see "wishing Biden wouldn't use a specific word" and "voting WhiskeyGrinder Mar 8 #44

OK, migrants stand in line, they fill out forms, they get a court date and parole. Are they still illegal? Walleye Mar 8 #34

Just please! And he went on to say that how many are killed by 'legals'? It was a juxtaposition and I don't care nt GuppyGal Mar 8 #16

F the Huffington Post. CoopersDad Mar 8 #18

Purity.... Police.... Arrest this man.... Happy Hoosier Mar 8 #19

I cringed when I heard it and thought it was a slip of the tongue MagickMuffin Mar 8 #21

I disagree given the context...and as I said before, let the purity police help Trump get elected. Demsrule86 Mar 8 #32

I'm riding with Team Biden till NOVEMBER AND BEYOND MagickMuffin Mar 8 #40

I don't think it was a slip of the tongue; I assumed he was throwing MTG's use of the word back at her. Ocelot II Mar 8 #39

I don't care. -misanthroptimist Mar 8 #22

Yeah, he misspoke there, but it's hardly a "Dems in disarray" moment... Wounded Bear Mar 8 #23

No human being is illegal? LiberalFighter Mar 8 #26

They had to find something to quibble about. Ocelot II Mar 8 #27

I thought he was using it ironically to as he was answering Marge Walleye Mar 8 #37

That's how I took it as well. But the purity police always have to have something to gripe about. Ocelot II Mar 8 #38

And we're gonna pick on one word? Used ironically? we know what's in his heart Walleye Mar 8 #43

so much for decorum , eh?! AllaN01Bear Mar 8 #28

He was responding to Taylor Greene's criticism of "illegals." My favorite line of night was, "I will not demonize Silent Type Mar 8 #29

So again, Dems have to knell in forgiveness for the use of that one word? I know what it represents. flying_wahini Mar 8 #30

He MuSt rEsIgN NoW!111 BannonsLiver Mar 8 #33

lol Huffington Post ! stonecutter357 Mar 8 #36

Marge, who chased down and harassed school shooting survivors, has no moral authority on this. Somebody smack her Walleye Mar 8 #41

Nope, nope, nope.... Think. Again. Mar 8 #42