Thread by @AmericasVoice

If Republicans plan to deploy immigration to win in 2022, why did they shy away from the issue in a border state special election?
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"Too many pundits - and more than a few Democrats - seem to believe that immigration is a wedge issue Republicans will deploy effectively in 2022. But these observers ignore the fact that the issue has been litigated in recent elections, and the results are in." - @FrankSharry

"Immigration mobilizes white grievance voters to turn out and it mobilizes a multiracial coalition to turn out to reject racism and xenophobia." - @FrankSharry

"In districts where white grievance voters are the majority, you could argue nativism works. But in the swing districts that decide which party wins majorities, it backfires." - @FrankSharry

"Sure, this is one special election and NM-01 is a blue district. But for all those expecting to find evidence of a backlash against Biden and the trumped up ‘Biden border crisis,’ there is none, zilch, nada." - @FrankSharry

"The more relevant question is this: if Republicans keep appealing to their white grievance base with dog whistles, how do they expect to claw back educated suburban voters they lost in recent elections?" - @FrankSharry