Congressman Michael McCaul "I call it the trail of tears"

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...in a long disjointed diatribe, during a House Republican leaders news conference on C-SPAN. ...referring to the child border crossing issue.


WTF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears


What a moron.

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. The Wisconsin Mexico border is particularly troubling...

The farther away from the border the state is, the louder the bloviation.

you think they'd keep their mouths shut rather than look the nativist ignorant hypocrites they are.

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2. Interesting comment. I don't follow what you you're trying to say.

My point is he embraces a phrase where 3000 Native Americans died in a forced march off their own land.


It's the antithesis of the situation... republican logic.

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. Oh, I got that.

My point is the loudest voice about the Border "Crisis" are in the states furthest away from the actual border.

That he compares a genocidal internment of Natives with children seeking asylum is certainly tone deaf, if not more insidious. That the white guy whose people immigrated from Europe and stole land from Indigenous people is reversing roles and minimizing ethnic cleansing surprises me not.

As a California native (45 years) who moved to NC, and has in-laws in Iowa, I hear more fear and dehumanization and outrage over the border in states not directly affected by border issues. These states often depend on migrant labor.

My in laws in rural NW Iowa, for example, have never seen a real live Mexican or Latino in their lives. They're terrified of what's not happening. Yet Iowa advertised for migrant laborers to come to the heart land to prevent population loss in the 90s.

I think the opinions of the Congressional delegations from CA, AZ, NM, and TX carry more weight than those from the Great Lakes States who border Canada.

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4. Insidious is the operative word.

I turned him off by default after he used the phrase.

Then there's the whole in front of the camera thing.

I agree we you on all the rest. Thanks for the detailed response.