A month before he became the first President since 1992 to lose reelection, Donald Trump stood in front of a cheering crowd and declared that Biden would “turn Minnesota into a refugee camp.”
He went on to lose Minnesota by nearly 6 points more than 2016.
He went on to lose Minnesota by nearly 6 points more than 2016.
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President Trump has run on a platform of immigration restrictions since the first day he came down that escalator and talked about Mexican rapists.
In 2016 many people thought he was bluffing.
Less than one week into his presidency, he issued the Muslim Ban. It wasn't a bluff.
In 2016 many people thought he was bluffing.
Less than one week into his presidency, he issued the Muslim Ban. It wasn't a bluff.
The last four years showed us conclusively that the politics of attacking immigrants does not work.
Separating families, imposing wealth tests on immigration, and throwing ever-more immigrants into ICE jails did not gain Trump support.
It had the exact opposite effect.
Separating families, imposing wealth tests on immigration, and throwing ever-more immigrants into ICE jails did not gain Trump support.
It had the exact opposite effect.
If there can be any mandate taken from this election, it is that Americans are ready to embrace a politics that is welcoming of immigrants. A politics that does not turn away the stranger, that embraces the better parts of our nation's history and leaves the worst behind.
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