You can watch the video from a link in the RawStory article here. It was their No. 1 trending story this morning. You can also watch it here:
Trump said these words at a time when a president should be calling for calm. Instead he is inflaming emotions and lasping into his malevolent mode, a psychological state he is only NOT in when he’s bragging about himself or being fawned over.
Trump and just about every other MAGA Republican is looking to make political hay over the shooting of the two members of the National Guard by an Afghani who was allowed to emigrate to the United States because he helped our country fight the Taliban when he wokded for an elite CIA unit.
As I wrote yesterday they are desperate to blame Biden because the shooter came here under his watch. They omit saying he was offcially granted permanent asylum during Trump’s presidency.
Trump’s kneejerk reaction, which includes the announced review of all green card holders from 19 countries, was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article summarized here: “‘Collective punishment’: WSJ warns MAGA panic over Afghans will hurt America.”
Basically it says what should be a no-brainer: The United States counts on citizens of foreign countries where we are engaged in military actions to help our fighters as Rahmanullah Lakanwal helped the CIA in Afghanistan. (See CNN article.) Being discussed on MSNOW as I write this is how Trump is saying he will order the ground invasion of Venezuela and that if this happens he will want some of their citizens to help us. Are they going to want to help us if they can’t believe any promises made to those who work closely with our side to get them out and relocate them to the United States?
Add this (my emphasis) - clicking will just enlarge image:
I want to write about the half of the country who are like Sam.
According to their commercial website Sam and Donna live in Northern Decatur County in Southern Iowa. They post on their website:
We offer Spring Flower and Summer Flower Subscriptions.
Did you know, currently 80% of the flowers sold in the USA come from outside the country.
We are hoping to change that!
Okay, they are selling MAGA flowers, nothing much wrong with that.
What is wrong with them is embodied in what Sam posted on X.
What is terrifying is that half the country, a bit more or less, agree with Sam and probably Donna.
It is impossible for me not to compare our country today to Germany in the 1930’s.
I’m a Jew, but I hope everyone with a functional moral compass also thinks about this. A majority of Afghans, approximately 99.7%, practice Islam, with about 90% being Sunni Muslims and around 7% identifying as Shia Muslims. Most immigrants to the United States are Christian. They make up about 70% of the immigrant population. Other religious groups include Muslims (7%), Hindus (5%), Buddhists (3%), and Jews (1%). (Reference)
Obviously the Christians aren’t villainized because of their religion. Trump and MAGA will turn people into demons to be deported using whatever excuse they can find.
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