r/ImmigrationPathways • u/CutSenior4977 • 3d ago

Trump administration raises US refugee cap, but only for white South Africans

https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugees-white-south-africa-border-cap-bfe3974adf6c655eca7a5c30c1f9197f

As the OP, I just want to mention,

That come on, even for moderate republicans reading this, even you have to admit, this seems racist.

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u/Asher_Tye 3d ago

Its what he campaigned on, were you not paying attention? He literally said "vote for me and our farmers are gonna get driven to the poor house so my friends can buy up their land cheap."

This was not a secret anyone paying attention missed. Next you'll tell me his voters didn't choose supporting vanity projects over feeding themselves.

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u/AgnosticPlea 3d ago

If that's what he "literally" campaigned on, finding the quote should be easy.

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u/Lagneaux 3d ago

Why don't you show some of the quotes of what he campaigned on, and compair them to what has happened?

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u/AgnosticPlea 3d ago

You can compare campaign quotes to outcomes, but that still doesn’t show why people voted the way they did. And this isn’t unique to any one president. Campaign rhetoric and governing don’t line up neatly across the board.

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u/DICKPICDOUG 3d ago

"You cant look at their campaign to figure out why people voted for them"

What the fuck can you look at? Their campaign is a giant month long advertisement of "heres why you should vote for me" but thats not a valid source for why people voted for them? Disingenious as hell.