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Gym Jordan grapples with Trump's "poisoning the blood of our country" by demanding mass detentions [1]

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Date: 2023-10-10  

A hallucinatory and barbaric Jordan, who wants to be the next House speaker, is threatening to derail the next round of talks about keeping the government open — unless Democrats agree to restrictions on asylum-seeking that are not just wildly extreme, but would be entirely unworkable even if Democrats were inclined to accept them.

x Trump's vile claim that migrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" points to an ugly trend: The outer boundaries of GOP stances on immigration are pushing deeper and deeper into outright sadism. 1/



(free link)https://t.co/HNbdAmbEqJ — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 10, 2023 Jim Jordan is now making an extreme new demand in advance of the next shutdown fight: *No* money can be used to "process or release" any migrants into the US. This is extraordinary. It likely runs counter to US law requiring giving migrants a hearing. 2/



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wapo.st/3PSRAtc Jordan's demand for total defunding of all processing and releasing of migrants would require an immense scaling up of mass detention. This could cost billions of additional dollars, one exert tells me. It's a fantasy, but it's a sadistic one.



DeSantis wants executions at the border. Vivek vows mass deportations of US children of the undocumented. 4/



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Don't overlook the broader trend: GOP immigration stances are pushing the boundaries of right wing discourse deeper into savagery and violence.DeSantis wants executions at the border. Vivek vows mass deportations of US children of the undocumented.



Trump has made the blood-poisoning argument explicit. 5/



wapo.st/3PSRAtc Those on the right pushing "great replacement theory" are usually careful to suggest that they only mean the migrant "invasion" threatens political demographics and culture.Trump has made the blood-poisoning argument explicit. There are compromise proposals out there that would make our immigration system better. But Rs treat the border as a fantasy zone for indulging ever more hallucinatory and sadistic impulses.



@brianbeutler calls it boiled frog discourse. 6/6



Free link: wapo.st/3PSRAtc @brianbeutler calls it boiled frog discourse.Free link:

x If you're as tired of the revisionist history by MAGA Republicans as I am, then call it out. Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) says he never said the 2020 election was stolen, I beg to differ.👇 Let's shed light on their LIES daily. #wtpBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsAct pic.twitter.com/2Z1CWE6B0e — Brian Cardone 🏴‍☠️🇺🇦 (@cardon_brian) October 10, 2023

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