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Initech

(100,070 posts)
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:00 PM Jun 2021

Can someone please explain to me the conservative hysteria of what's going on at the border?

I have been trying to figure this out with no luck. And now it seems like they're escalating the situation. But for what. What are they after? Money? Drugs? Crime? Job? Ratings for Fox News? And what good would come from a visit to the border from Biden and/or Harris? Fox News is going to slam them no matter what they do, so it's probably best if they just ignore the trolls.

But as far as this latest escalation goes, I don't get it. As Michael Scott would say, please explain this to me like I'm 5.

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Can someone please explain to me the conservative hysteria of what's going on at the border? (Original Post) Initech Jun 2021 OP
To get donations? SheltieLover Jun 2021 #1
Yeah remember how well that went the last time? Initech Jun 2021 #3
Ikr! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #8
It's always racism. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #2
Yeah who wants to shitty jobs with terrible working conditions for $3/hr? Initech Jun 2021 #6
One word: squirrel. mahina Jun 2021 #4
Whitelash. N/t onecaliberal Jun 2021 #5
Red meat to feed their hate filled racist base. aeromanKC Jun 2021 #7
women and POC are always held to a higher standard Skittles Jun 2021 #9
Roger Stone-esque stillcool Jun 2021 #10
Fascists gotta fasc and nobody does it better than today's reTHUGS. I don't see any reason why abqtommy Jun 2021 #11
To ding President Biden...they can't make anything else stick and this is an issue with voters PortTack Jun 2021 #12
So kind of like "Fast And Furious" from the Obama days? Initech Jun 2021 #14
Racism LonePirate Jun 2021 #13
Damn Republicans consistently hold back the US with their endless bullshit. Having RKP5637 Jun 2021 #15
Great analogy ! I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #16
Lying: the one and only "conservative" value Cary Jun 2021 #17
So many things are only a "crisis" on Fox News Freddie Jun 2021 #18
Yeah it's just a harmless tourist visit. Initech Jun 2021 #21
What's happening is the nasty white people are claiming that those aliens walkingman Jun 2021 #19
Biden, Harris, and company are doing a great job so the right wing noise machine has to find ... Botany Jun 2021 #20
money. $$$$$$ for them it's always about ways to rake in the $$$$ nt msongs Jun 2021 #22
They have to convince R voters that Biden is doing a WBush and inviting them in. ShazamIam Jun 2021 #23
Just doing what they do best bluestarone Jun 2021 #24

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. To get donations?
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jun 2021

Trying to make Joe look bad?

Not sure. Just a couple of guesses.

Idiot TX Gov. determined to build wall. Yawn...

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
2. It's always racism.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jun 2021

Scary brown people are coming For your jobs!
Meanwhile employees can’t even find people to fill low paying jobs.

Seems like we have plenty of jobs to go around and not enough employers paying decent wages.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
9. women and POC are always held to a higher standard
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:08 PM
Jun 2021

repukes really don't have anything to beef about so they have to make something up

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
10. Roger Stone-esque
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:11 PM
Jun 2021

they have to create a "crisis" they can beat up Biden with. It's what they do, and it's all they do.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
11. Fascists gotta fasc and nobody does it better than today's reTHUGS. I don't see any reason why
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:13 PM
Jun 2021

they shouldn't all be in jail/prison.

PortTack

(32,767 posts)
12. To ding President Biden...they can't make anything else stick and this is an issue with voters
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:14 PM
Jun 2021

Interestingly, those that live on or near the border all say “what crisis.”

Initech

(100,070 posts)
14. So kind of like "Fast And Furious" from the Obama days?
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:20 PM
Jun 2021

Just a lot of bullshit made up to scare Fox News viewers?

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
15. Damn Republicans consistently hold back the US with their endless bullshit. Having
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:20 PM
Jun 2021

the GOP around is akin to trying to drive a car with 4 flat tires.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,470 posts)
16. Great analogy !
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:26 PM
Jun 2021

It is like trying to drive a car with 4 flat tires.

Wish we could have nice things. Republicans fuck up everything they touch.

Damn psychopaths.

Freddie

(9,265 posts)
18. So many things are only a "crisis" on Fox News
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:26 PM
Jun 2021

And the real crises - 1/6 insurrection? - no big deal!

Initech

(100,070 posts)
21. Yeah it's just a harmless tourist visit.
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:30 PM
Jun 2021

Nevermind the makeshift gallows, the poop smeared on the walls, the stolen objects, or the crowds calling to hamg the vice president... they're just tourists!

walkingman

(7,612 posts)
19. What's happening is the nasty white people are claiming that those aliens
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:26 PM
Jun 2021

are bringing drugs, sex trafficking, and anything else they can think of to create a boogey-man out of people that are mostly trying to have a better life.

I have listened to the so-called "War on Drugs" excuse for decades. Most of the illegals come on visa and then stay.

We need immigrants. We are all immigrants. They are the foundation of America and will always be.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
20. Biden, Harris, and company are doing a great job so the right wing noise machine has to find ...
Sun Jun 20, 2021, 06:27 PM
Jun 2021

.... something to try to hit Biden & Harris on and "THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER," is their
chosen vehicle. It doesn't matter to them that the people coming to the border now are
from the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras) and they are fleeing
in many cases unspeakable hells none of which are Joe Biden's fault but to Fox News and
the likes of Ted Cruz facts don't matter.

BTW V.P. Harris is working very hard on the problems in Central America right now but she
hasn't gotten for a photo opp on the Rio Grande and they will use that as some kind of
stick to hit her with.

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