Trump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It

https://newrepublic.com/article/212747/trump-birthright-citizenship-toxic-gop-fox-admits

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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 26d (4 replies)

Revoke citizenship from everyone except the Native Americans

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 26d

Dude, they immigrated from Asia. To admit one group and not another is a little racist.

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 26d (2 replies)
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 26d (1 reply)

I can't get over how extremely self-centered a worldview MAGA has that they think white people somehow have more of a right to control North America than the people that were there first. These are the people who don't see the irony in wanting to move to a country with no immigrants

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d

I think this animosity probably has to do with a number of energy projects that are opposed by Native American groups. I don't think the administration got very far with this argument, but it is not for lack of trying.

minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 27d (2 replies)

Atleast the right is discovering they too have boundaries, I guess. But what a cost.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 26d (1 reply)

I assume it's not an easy sell because to get voters to believe this is a big enough problem to change it, they have to acknowledge that Trump hasnt fixed any immigration issues.

minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 26d

Assuming they even care about immigration and it isn't just hating things that they like.

ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26d

I don't get it, if they want to remove birthright citizenship couldn't they just amend the Constitution with a referendum ?

It would have a reasonable chance of passing.