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Democrats Once Again Concerned About Who Will Pick Their Crops
Babylon Bee ^ | 01/27/2025 | Babylon Bee

Posted on 01/27/2025 2:19:15 PM PST by DFG

U.S. — With heated debate taking place across the country over President Donald Trump's initiative to carry out mass deportations of illegal aliens, Democrats found themselves once again concerned about who would be picking their crops.

Just as they did back in the 1860s, Democrats voiced opposition to any policy changes that would cause them to lose an overwhelming percentage of the staff they keep around to pick all of the produce in their fields.

"We already had to deal with this problem once, let's not do it again," said Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. "Look, we all need brown people out in the fields picking crops. It's not easy to find people willing to do that job, so once you have them, you definitely want to keep them there by any means necessary. Chains, even. We used to do that. Then, those awful Republicans had to go and screw everything up. Now, they're trying to do it again."

Democrats feared yet another major setback in fully staffing their estates with crop pickers. "Our country simply can't function if we don't have someone to pick crops for us," Senator Chuck Schumer said. "Let's face it, cotton doesn't pick itself. There must be some solution to this problem that doesn't once again deprive us of our essential household staff. The next thing you know, Trump will be telling us we're not allowed to ‘own people' anymore. What type of a world would that be?"

At publishing time, Democrats had asked President Trump if they would be allowed to just ship illegal aliens back to the U.S. and purchase them at auction like in the old days.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: babylonbee

1 posted on 01/27/2025 2:19:15 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

Sounds like this is about the strawberries.


2 posted on 01/27/2025 2:25:20 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For a good time, call Lisa M. 123-4567)
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To: DFG

Yeah must really piss them off that Republicans are liberating their slaves again.


3 posted on 01/27/2025 2:25:30 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: DFG

The Babylon Bee hits another one out of the park.

If you’ve missed it, watch their YouTube series “Californians Move to Texas.” There are six episodes. It’s brilliant.


4 posted on 01/27/2025 2:27:28 PM PST by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

And they proved it with geometric logic.


5 posted on 01/27/2025 2:27:40 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

They’re more concerned about a reliable stream of children to molest


6 posted on 01/27/2025 2:27:44 PM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: DFG

This one was in today’s email newsletter. Almost every story today was hilarious, even better than usual.


7 posted on 01/27/2025 2:29:36 PM PST by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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To: DFG

The Bee hits another home run. Except this headline is more true to life than satire.


8 posted on 01/27/2025 2:31:09 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: DFG

Some things never change.


9 posted on 01/27/2025 2:38:00 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: DFG

The Dems could use some exercise.


10 posted on 01/27/2025 2:44:34 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: DFG

make the welfare RAts earn their keep...


11 posted on 01/27/2025 2:56:08 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: DFG

and here I thought the bee only did parody.


12 posted on 01/27/2025 3:23:13 PM PST by Qwapisking (Q: know the difference between a petulant 6 y.o. and a liberal? A:age. L.Star )
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To: DFG

Hey, they can learn to clean their own houses and buy and cook their own food, just like the rest of us hoi polloi.


13 posted on 01/27/2025 3:35:18 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: DFG

Sounds racist to me. Need cheap slaves. Cesar Chavez would be helping Holman deport.


14 posted on 01/27/2025 3:38:32 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: DFG

Oh, it says CROPS, not CRABS - read it too fast.


15 posted on 01/27/2025 4:17:17 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: DFG

Who will pick the cotton?


16 posted on 01/27/2025 4:26:33 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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To: griswold3

Next Trump can stop welfare as plenty of jobs out there for the picking (pun intended)


17 posted on 01/27/2025 4:28:30 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: DFG

FPOA (Future Pickers of America) High school students.easy money in the spring/summer....welfare recipients who cannot get a job(or who don’t want one)....ex-DOJ employees...


18 posted on 01/27/2025 5:50:43 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder tro find. )
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To: DFG

Reduce the welfare then watch “The Grapes Of Wrath”.


19 posted on 01/27/2025 8:11:08 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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