"...alerted the public [that] Mexican gangs sawed through new segments of the border wall 3,272 times over 3 years.”
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By the end of his first term in office, “Trump’s barriers proved surprisingly ineffective. In Jan of 2020, [37-MPH] winds pushed over newly installed wall panels in California. A year later, flooding ripped off gate hinges from part of the wall in Arizona."
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"...for example, despite the fact that most immigrants who are in the U.S. ‘illegally’ are here as a result of overextended visas. He similarly boasted that the drug trade would be crushed by a wall, despite the inconvenient reality that, for example, despite the fact that..."
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6/10
"...that he cared about the substance of governing, but the idea of a border wall quickly became the signature domestic policy priority. The plan suffered from a long list of fatal flaws. Trump assured voters that a wall would effectively eliminate illegal immigration..."
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An early advisor, Roger Stone, “came up with wall references as a mnemonic device” and gradually, Trump “turned the memory trick into a foundational goal that fueled his growing army of [racist] supporters. It’s no secret that Trump saw no point in maintaining the pretense..."
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4/10
Facts: Prior to announcing his candidacy for president, Trump started going to these events to test the waters. Because he’s a fucking moron, early on, he “he struggled to remember to talk about immigration policy.” So, his advisors, “Asked him to talk about building a wall.”
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3/10
“The idea of massive border barriers wasn’t a GOP priority before Trump’s presidency and after his failures, it stood to reason that the party would reorient its policy positions accordingly. Except, that wasn’t at all what happened.” SOURCE: Ministry of Truth, By Steve Benen
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2/10
#OTD in #History 2014
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Context: The summit was a conservative event held in Manchester, NH. The most notable speaker in 2014 was future president, future adjudicated sexual predator and future convicted felon, Donald (Creamsicle Caligula) Trump.
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