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The suspect in today’s standoff rattled off a bunch of conspiracies on Facebook Live on his way to DC. Election fraud, Trump reinstatement, weird stuff about coins.
One, though, seemed personal.
Afghan refugees would get free healthcare, he said, and he doesn't.
The suspect in today’s standoff rattled off a bunch of conspiracies on Facebook Live on his way to DC. Election fraud, Trump reinstatement, weird stuff about coins.
One, though, seemed personal.
Afghan refugees would get free healthcare, he said, and he doesn't.
Ray Roseberry, the suspect in the DC standoff, said he went to get stem cell treatment this week, but couldn’t. His insurance didn’t cover it.
He said his wife had cancer that needed surgery. Her insurance didn’t cover it.
Then he blamed refugees and immigrants.
He said his wife had cancer that needed surgery. Her insurance didn’t cover it.
Then he blamed refugees and immigrants.
On his way to the standoff, Roseberry complained about letting in immigrants from Mexico and Afghanistan. He said that there wasn’t free healthcare “for us,” but falsely claimed the undocumented would get what he couldn’t for free.
This comes up a lot on conservative Facebook pages, that undocumented immigrants are getting access to free, advanced medical care. When you look it up on Google, you get this AP debunk from right before the election, but absolutely nobody is Googling it.
apnews.com/article/fact-c…
apnews.com/article/fact-c…
But if you’re mainlining this stuff, the idea that refugees get stuff you don’t feels right. The biggest show on cable news talked about white replacement by Afghan refugees earlier this week.
In these spaces, immigrants get the blame as infrastructure and safety nets erode.
In these spaces, immigrants get the blame as infrastructure and safety nets erode.
The standoff suspect said his wife wound up getting the surgery, it physically scarred her, and he's still paying for it.
In this universe, the problems are real, but the blame is usually placed on immigrants—even, in this case, ones who haven't arrived yet.
In this universe, the problems are real, but the blame is usually placed on immigrants—even, in this case, ones who haven't arrived yet.
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