The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins the group (plus Philip Bump) to discuss Harris's Fox interview, Trump's spiraling mental state, and the oligarchy/corruption a second Trump term would usher in.
I really have been vibing with Linda lately but I couldn’t disagree more with her on immigration.
Linda I’m probably just as or more pro immigrant as you are. However, if Harris at any point if she says “increase” next to the word immigrant, she loses votes. It sucks but there is no world where we increase pathways for immigrants. Congress won’t touch it nor the executive branch. This isn’t because they don’t know it’s good for America but because it is toxic politically. It sucks but it’s the truth.
One last thing, I am an ex Republican too…the reason we are here on immigration is 100% because of the dog whistle on immigration by our former party. They blew that dog whistle for 4 decades and refused to do ANYTHING to solve the problem.
I've been trying to communicate this for years - the danger of the next Trump administration is less jack boots on the street and more that we're going to reach a point where you'll have to pay a bribe at the DMV to get your license. The problem is that on a smaller scale, this is where most Americans already live. I lived in rural Kentucky for several years and the amount of petty corruption, favoritism, and nepotism that was accepted as normal was absolutely mind-boggling. Trump is going to enable that at a national level. People see Trumpism as normal because for a large segment of the population, it is normal. And there are many people who see that they will benefit from more of it in the short term. But in the long term it means we just won't be able to maintain the country and hold it all together.
I really have been vibing with Linda lately but I couldn’t disagree more with her on immigration.
Linda I’m probably just as or more pro immigrant as you are. However, if Harris at any point if she says “increase” next to the word immigrant, she loses votes. It sucks but there is no world where we increase pathways for immigrants. Congress won’t touch it nor the executive branch. This isn’t because they don’t know it’s good for America but because it is toxic politically. It sucks but it’s the truth.
One last thing, I am an ex Republican too…the reason we are here on immigration is 100% because of the dog whistle on immigration by our former party. They blew that dog whistle for 4 decades and refused to do ANYTHING to solve the problem.
I've been trying to communicate this for years - the danger of the next Trump administration is less jack boots on the street and more that we're going to reach a point where you'll have to pay a bribe at the DMV to get your license. The problem is that on a smaller scale, this is where most Americans already live. I lived in rural Kentucky for several years and the amount of petty corruption, favoritism, and nepotism that was accepted as normal was absolutely mind-boggling. Trump is going to enable that at a national level. People see Trumpism as normal because for a large segment of the population, it is normal. And there are many people who see that they will benefit from more of it in the short term. But in the long term it means we just won't be able to maintain the country and hold it all together.
Sadly, I agree.