Posted on 02/01/2018 3:10:32 PM PST by Kaslin
The breadth of the Democratic offensives against Trump agenda initiatives is stunning. The party favorite is calling anything they don’t like racist. You all know this; it’s par for the course for left-wingers. But now they’re retroactively applying that term to things that were never considered racist in the slightest.
“Chain migration” is a term demographers have used since the 1960s. It’s not a racist term, but the campaign to make it on the no-no list for political correctness is well underway. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reiterated the talking point in her Monday appearance on The View (via Free Beacon):
Gillibrand: Phrase 'Chain Migration' is a Racist Slur (video)
"Do you agree with Nancy Pelosi when she says Trump wants to ‘Make America White Again' and that's what this is about?" Joy Behar asked, referring to comments the House Minority Leader (D., Calif.) made Friday."I think a lot of President Trump's rhetoric is racist. Let's be very clear: when someone uses the phrase chain migration … it is intentional in trying to demonize families, literally trying to demonize families and make it a racist slur," Gillibrand said.
Dick Durbin Bizarrely Claims The Term “Chain Migration” Is Offensive (Video)
Nancy Pelosi Says Chain Migration Is A “Fake Name” And “Sends Tremors Through People" (Video)
Earlier this month, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has mentioned how the term is offensive in the wake of the “s**thole remarks” fiasco that preceded the Democrats’ three-day government shutdown for illegal aliens. During negotiations on immigration between Democrats and Republicans, President Trump reportedly asked why we’re letting people from “s**thole” nations into the country. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently said the term sends tremors through people in her party. During the State of the Union, the boos were clearly heard when President Trump talked about reforming this part of our immigration policy; Pelosi, not wanting a Joe Wilson moment for her party, reportedly got out of her seat to settle her people down (via The Hill):
Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives," said Trump, prompting the audible Democratic reaction that could be heard loud and clear on television.Trump did not appear to react to the boos and hisses.
Democrats had mostly remained quiet for the first hour of the speech, limiting their reactions to sporadic applause.
So, that’s how far left the Democratic Party has become on immigration, saying things are racist without any historical basis, just that they don’t like the term for some reason, and balking at a proposal that would have legalized one million more people than they were asking because of border security provisions. Heck, even The Washington Post editorial board thought the wall for DACA protections was a good deal.
Trump talked about Chain Migration.
Perhaps the biggest Democrat Boo line yet.
Pelosi actually hopped OUT of her chair and told everyone to shut up.
This is crazy.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 31, 2018
Trump just talked about American mothers and fathers lose their children to violence by illegal immigrants.
Dems loudly & audibly booed this line.
Then Trump pointed to Evelyn Rodriguez in the balcony, whose daughter was killed by MS-13.
Silence.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 31, 2018
Flashback: Man, things have changed. This is Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in 1994.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein in a 1994 interview
Everything is “rasis” to this bimbo. It’s all she’s got to sell to her dumb voters to get their votes.
Racist, racist, racist. Blah, blah, blah
They have no issues, just importation if more idiots to undermine real Americans
And then, like Charles Manson, they think they’re the only smart ones to run the country
Which is the REAL RACIST thought
Anytime a leftist says “Let’s be clear”, they just made up a new accusatory definition.
Well then eliminate it. Eliminate chain migration as well as the term. Poof ...gone.
help me out here Kirsty .. so chain migration is like some kinda wetback yo-yo deal ?
This is not a difficult code to break:
Whenever anything patriotic or America First is said, the left calls it racist. Watch and see.
Patriotism ..> Racism
It’s not like they can’t come in....just not through the “chain” program.
Why, causes it uses the word ‘Chain’.....lmao, what a cluster frak of libtard progressive idiocy!
Why is everything Demonrats dislike “Racist”?
Said concept became outdated long before Ellis Island closed in 1954. It is even more outdated now when an international airline ticket may be purchased for a couple of months wages and salary (at most) and usually far less.
Just one airline (Delta) runs multiple flights per day to Mexico City for about $200 each way. International flights today are more common than Chicago to San Francisco railroad tickets were when Ellis Island opened (1892).
Hate America Senator hates America ... aaaaaaand the sun sets in the west tonight.
Hm, perhaps it would be less offensive if it was called Velcro migration? Nope, Velcro is also a highly offensive word, too. It implies coitus between connections. ; )
I agree. All the more reason to get rid of it.
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