"And yet something is happening. Trump’s blatant abuse of power really does seem to be radicalizing moderates and causing Trumpers to experience cognitive dissonance (a mental collision of diametric beliefs). I haven’t seen Republicans this anxious since a mob sacked and looted the Capitol."
Good luck with the project of trying to talk sense to the cultic true believers. And I say that sincerely, even as I'm dubious.
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/12
"This regime and its movement are implementing a plan of White Christian conquest over a vast, multi-cultural area. Couched in terms of punishing criminal elements in the country illegally, the regime is rounding up anyone with a spanish-sounding accent, brown skin, people with white skin who truly ally themselves with people who have darker skin or heavier accents."
~ Stephanie G. Wilson
#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #WhiteChristianNationalism
/9
https://www.freedomoverfascism.us/p/this-is-very-america-those-who-says
"This immigration-hating regime is even rounding up native people, whose ancestors lived on this continent long before Europeans came and killed 95% of the indigenous population while gobbling up the land from coast to coast. …
When we say 'This is Not America,' that is a lie."
John Stoehr interviews former MAGA Rich Logis, who has founded a group to try to help MAGA folks to come to their senses. Stoehr writes,
"Trump can send his paramilitary (ICE, CBP) to execute frightened widowed mothers but still expect at least 33 percent of the population to back him. (The most recent Gallup survey that I have seen shows his approval rating to be 36 percent.)"
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/11
https://www.editorialboard.com/can-liberals-help-maga-find-the-off-ramp/
"And yet something is happening. Trump’s blatant abuse of power really does seem to be radicalizing moderates and causing Trumpers to experience cognitive dissonance (a mental collision of diametric beliefs). I haven’t seen Republicans this anxious since a mob sacked and looted the Capitol."
Good luck with the project of trying to talk sense to the cultic true believers. And I say that sincerely, even as I'm dubious.
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #violence
/12
"Nasra Ahmed, a St. Paul woman and U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota, was released to her family without charges on Friday night after being detained by federal immigration enforcement agents and spending more than two days in detention."
~ Frederick Melo
Melo reports that Ahmed suffered cuts and bruises to her face and legs when ICE snatched her.
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #violence
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