The president issued a threat to deploy ICE agents in an apparent attempt to force Democrats to approve a new budget for the Department of Homeland Security.
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This could backfire magnificently.
Let the (typically upper-middle class) people in the airport witness and deal with ICE thuggery directly … just before the budgetary debate. Let them see small children arrested, families being torn apart, threats and violence against innocent and non-threatening people just based on how they look. Let them see fascist thugs marching around saying ‘papers, please’ to everyone who isn’t pasty white. And even if they’re sociopathic enough not to care about any of that, ICE will cause delays at the airport, and that will annoy air travelers. Let all those moderately wealthy people with time on their hands make a stink to their congresspeople about what they saw.
It’s going to expose a ton of people to ICE brutality who are normally insulated from this kind of shit. And that’s going to shape opinions at a crucial political time.
God I can not wait for the conflict between the Tate-worshiping “alpha” and the 63 year old Karen when she starts screaming at him because she can’t take her big bottle of shampoo through security.
“We could do that, sure… Or, we could pretend to hold out just long enough to waste people’s time, give in to Trump like we always do, and then bitch and complain all over the entire Internet and wonder why more and more people hate us.”
–Leaders of the Democratic Party, probably
Double-digit percentage of them will love it, cheer them on, and yell for ICE to get a minority because the line will become shorter.
Man, I’ve got travel for work. I don’t want to get pistol whipped to prove a point to the other travelers. XD