Axios, continuing its chipping away at our republic, has an exclusive from President Trump. He wants to end birthright citizenship and believes he can do it with an executive order. Of course, some of the lawyers I follow on Twitter are saying, birthright citizenship is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment and cannot be nullified by an executive order. But Trump could issue such an order (written by Steven Miller, of course) and set up a confrontation that would go to the now-packed Supreme Court. Anyone want to bet how Brett Kavanaugh would vote find?
Troops to the border to stop a caravan of brown people who are 1000 miles away, and now this. It’s quite clear who Trump thinks make up the Republican base. So if you haven’t voted already, vote straight Democratic. The Republicans are a danger to the country.
If you think this is an extreme position or an opinion, you haven't read enough about the white nationalist movement, Stephen Miller, Bannon, Sessions, etc.
Eliminating birthright citizenship is a central plank in a well-articulated, coherent movement to make America whiter.
2/— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) October 30, 2018
(continuing the white power explanation)
– All whites, by nature, would know they only want a white society.
– An outside group–hint, it's the Jews!–is tricking them into going against their nature (white nationalists think they know a lot about core human nature).
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— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) October 30, 2018
Plus more, but Davidson is clearly so angry that he gets a little incoherent.
Daniel Drezner is a bit more sanguine:
Speaking for myself, it’s because: a) Despite control over key branches of government, Trump has accomplished surprisingly little; and b) There’s an election coming up that suggests Trump will face greater constraints going forward. https://t.co/HvjX0K3c7d
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 30, 2018
There’s a fair bit of media criticism too.
Not exclusive: this is a terrible, inaccurate headline and a credulous article worthy of a government-affiliated propaganda outlet https://t.co/aTfpeG5RyJ
— Anil Kalhan (@kalhan) October 30, 2018
This all has shoved Trump’s plan to return us to the nuclear fears of the 1980s and his followers’ attempts at murder to the back burner, at least for the few hours until he comes up with something else. But some good news.
The seat now held by vacating Republican Sen. Jeff Flake….. https://t.co/yE3SnmQaLg
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 30, 2018
It’s possible that the open racism will push people toward the Democrats. Get your friends to the polls!
And open thread.
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