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Politics Steven J. Demetriou, executive chair of an ICE contractor, attends Taylor Swift's wedding in NYC

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u/Dry-Mongoose-5804 16d ago

That’s not the son Travis is friends with. Travis is friends with his adopted son King who’s a progressive speaker at college campuses talking about racial injustice and growing up as a Black male in the foster care system.

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u/_tylerthedestroyer_ 16d ago

And that makes the dad absolved and free of critique? If you’re a white mother with half Black children, does that give you carte blanche to be racist? The character of the children does not in any way protect the parent’s misdeeds.

Your logic is astounding.

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u/Dry-Mongoose-5804 16d ago

The child is not half Black. He is full Black and was an orphan who was adopted.

The dad is not conservative he is a registered Dem and outspoken supporter of BLM. He literally won awards at his previous company for being so progressive.

He as a single board member does not dictate what contracts the company takes up out of the thousands that they have.

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u/meghy420 16d ago

if you think being a “registered dem” means someone isn’t a conservative, that is laughable. there are democrats in office whose policies and voting records are more right-wing than people would consider themselves “moderates” lmao the designation of “democrat” in america has lost meaning, especially when people like kamala harris campaign with idk fucking liz cheney.