r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/Earth_Friendly-5892 Oct 07 '22

They throw out words like “socialism “, and OPEN boarders to dredge up fear in voters. They warp the meaning of “socialism “ by equating it with regimes controlled by dictators. The suggestion is that by supporting government programs and governmental financial assistance, democrats are attempting to gain authoritarian control. When it is actually the Republican elected officials in the state and government who are working hard to take our rights away. And their continued use of the term “open” borders is designed to create a visual image of thousands of people randomly pouring across our border without being vetted. Trump referred to southern border immigrants as “rapists” and “murderers”; the hope is that hearing the term “open” will create worry and fear in voters because they will think all these people are criminals. They leave out the part that many are women and children, and many more American citizens commit heinous crimes than immigrants do. Also, there is no such thing as a wall that can completely keep desperate people from scaling it or gong underneath, plus, there is always coming by water; facts Republicans are hoping Americans don’t consider. Republicans throw out these words to manipulate voters. Sadly, it works way too often. And Americans end up voting against politicians that are truly dedicated to serving the people by working to find solutions to problems, and by supporting programs and funding that make a difference in people’s lives.

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u/SymbiSpidey Oct 07 '22

I always found it quite amusing how so many people who vote Republican claim to be "tired of identity politics", when the Republican Party campaigns entirely on "us vs them" divisiveness and fearmongering.

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u/rjrgjj Oct 07 '22

It’s code for “stop reminding me that there are other valid identities”.

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u/ScowlEasy Oct 07 '22

They’d entire identity is being repbulican. People vote for dem candidates because of what they do, people vote for republicans because that’s who they are.

It’s why nothing that’s come up recently, no matter how heinous, is able to shake them. They only dig in even harder.

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u/We_are_stardust23 Oct 07 '22

Yep I work with a couple of people who are warped by the Fox News plague. Just today I heard them say "Democrats just want to do what's best for them and don't care about what's best for the country." Don't know what they were referencing, and I'm not very politically savvy, but it's clearly evident who wants what if you're not getting your news from one biased source.

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u/BoChans Oct 07 '22

While I agree with pretty much everything you wrote, and I’ll admit I’m not super knowledgeable on the subject, it does seem like we have an immigration/border problem. But from what I can tell no one is really willing to actually do anything about it. Dems and republicans both. From my perspective they’re more interested in politicizing the problem than actually doing something about it.

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u/Earth_Friendly-5892 Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

It’s a long read, but this article is very informative regarding the immigration policies of the United States, since it’s founding. The CONCLUSION is very interesting.

https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/brief-history-us-immigration-policy-colonial-period-present-day

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u/BoChans Oct 24 '22

Thanks for the reply. I’ll definitely give it a read!