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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is MSNBC obsessing over the "crisis" at the border? Biden is working on it and now....
....VP Harris is on the case. It's not being ignored and it will be resolved.
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)hlthe2b
(102,141 posts)to Elba, I guess--which is fine, but I tune in for Nicolle...?
Deminpenn
(15,265 posts)after 4 years of covering Trump, impeachments, elections, etc.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)off/away with her son.
George II
(67,782 posts)...in that time slot. She's one of the best.
Now I'm stuck watching local news.
patricia92243
(12,592 posts)brooklynite
(94,384 posts)Yes, RW media is playing it up, but it's still a significant issue.
George II
(67,782 posts)Deminpenn
(15,265 posts)Cable news has to cover something.
onecaliberal
(32,786 posts)speak easy
(9,192 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)people watching. Nuts insn't it?
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)Outside of the four states that share an actual border with Mexico, there are an awful lot of 'muricans who are terrified of everyone darker than latte, especially if they speak Spanish.
Never mind how popular Mexico is as a vacation destination, or how intertwined the border city economies are.
The further from the border, the more they fear the Caravan from Central America, which is not Mexico.
The GOP screamed that Biden would open the border, Biden would open the border, encouraging refugees to come here. They broke the system, and now complain Biden hasn't fixed their problems in two months. Never mind how much big agra depends on migrant labor. I'm guessing all these Americans who are skilled at orchards and fields work will be glad to have their old jobs back.
Be afraid, rural, sparsely populated 'Murica; get yer gunz.
Believe me, no one is invading these crackers' homes. Trailer tacky is too tacky for immigrant chic.
doc03
(35,300 posts)backers said some were wearing Biden t-shirts when they came over. Could be Republicans are passing them out in Mexico?
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)I'm sure that a caravan of adolescents had time to stop and print up dozens of T-shirts in English so they'd be oh so stylish upon entry to the US. They timed that walk and that amazon order just right, eh?
Those immigrants sure are innovative and well dressed!
doc03
(35,300 posts)totally confuse the Repugnants.
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)Didn't the former guy promise taco trucks on every corner?
Finally!!!!
NewHendoLib
(60,009 posts)WhiteTara
(29,693 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The Toady Show and the NBC Evening News have been flogging the "crisis," with live reports from helicopters, footage from the detainment facilities, and breathless commentary. It's really overdone.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Link to tweet
Link to tweet
VP Harris will be leading the administration's efforts at the southern border and with the Northern Triangle countries, President Biden announces.
Biden notes he had a similar role when he was vice president.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/biden-summons-mayorkas-becerra-to-discuss-migrant-surge?sref=PqmVp1JY
I can think of nobody whos better qualified to do this, Biden said at the White House. When she speaks, she speaks for me.
doc03
(35,300 posts)the border crisis. This morning they were doing a fly over showing hordes of people crossing. The Biden Administration better get it under control before long. It has knocked the stimulus off the news.
George II
(67,782 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)... there must be a Crisis every day. All news must be Breaking.
EX500rider
(10,810 posts)It's is not exactly a new issue and as long as the Central American countries stay mostly poor and violent it is unlikely to change.
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)The ones Kevin McCarthy made up....
It might be worth while to do a li'l video research from the local ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox news affiliates (not the cable news, the little channels) and see what El Paso and Juarez, and Calexico and Mexicali, and Yuma, and Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, and Matamoros and Reynoso and McAllen might say about the border.
My dad worked for Firestone until he retired--Finance. After the Los Angeles plant closed, rem ended up CFO of a chain of Firestone Tire Centers in San Diego, El Centro, and North County, near Miramar Naval Air Station. He had his choice of workers. He found the guys who crossed the border from Tijuana every day were better workers, more reliable, more thorough, took more pride in their work, thus contributing to the bottom line and "a better investment."
If Ducey in Arizona had to stage a photo op to show off drug busts from hundreds of miles from the border on routine traffic stops, to scare the rubes in Minnesota, then he hasn't got roving hordes of drug dealing Spanish speaking invaders.
They can't even lie very well.
PortTack
(32,716 posts)Until they start covering the real news I refuse to watch. They need to better understand their audience, because if they think theyre going to draw the fux snooz crowd..theyre a lot dumber than I ever thought