GOP Representative John Duarte, who just lost his seat in the elections, explicitly tells Reuters that farming interests in his California district depend on undocumented immigrants—and that Trump should exempt many from removal. newrepublic.com/article/1890... - ThreadSky

newrepublic.com • 157 days ago

GOP Representative John Duarte, who just lost his seat in the elections, explicitly tells Reuters that farming interests in his California district depend on undocumented immigrants—and that Trump should exempt many from removal.

https://newrepublic.com/article/189054/trump-immigration-threats-republican-resistance

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signalfire6.bsky.social•157 days ago

Look at that face, really look at it. WTF's wrong with us as a country that we want to look and listen and be controlled by THAT for another four years?

letsbepurple.bsky.social•157 days ago

This is Duarte’s party, this is who he snuggles up to, he could have taken a stand. Sorry Duarte-LIVE with the product of your feckless cowardice and bootlicking. Why not coat yourself in Trump’s fight fight fight cologne as you explain your actions. “I shit myself” is an appropriate scent for you.

centuryride.bsky.social•156 days ago

Hey John I have news for you. I hope they lose all the immigrants that work for them. Serves them right and all the Republicans who lacked any spine to get rid of that POS.

yoopdaloop.bsky.social•157 days ago

No no no. Trump’s cult voted for all brown people to be deported, let it happen. Don’t make exceptions. Let’s show his cult how badly his policies will fuck America, raw and unlubed.

chefsilvia.bsky.social•157 days ago

We’ll see! I don’t trust their spine.

al-b.bsky.social•157 days ago

Selective discrimination? How bout instead fixing a broken immigration system vs. opting to hoard cheap labor that fills the pockets of billionaires.

cinnawind.bsky.social•157 days ago

Duarte should be advocating for a method to make these workers and the farms legal.

jojosbizarrelife.bsky.social•156 days ago

Absolutely not.

chilicatsmom.bsky.social•156 days ago

🤣

wtf

keff1166.bsky.social•157 days ago

The sad part of this is it was pointed out by a myriad of commentators (Paul Krugman sticks out) even before the election. But what do subversive liberal columnists know?

lorikins.bsky.social•157 days ago

When I'm rooting for the capitalists to save us.... we're fucked.

angieplum.bsky.social•156 days ago

devin nunes was using illegals on his dairy farm.

belmontx2.bsky.social•156 days ago

Absolutely will happen. He'll reward anyone who does him a favor, though. It's a feature, not a bug.

jerbrad28.bsky.social•157 days ago

Republicans only care about shit when it affects them, their family, their job, or their business. Rest of the time it’s full speed ahead on irrational self interest and greed.

terryz.bsky.social•156 days ago

jerbrad28.bsky.social•156 days ago

Ah, a meme now.

jasonemry.bsky.social•156 days ago

ah yes. let’s have a system where individuals beg the king for their own livelihoods. good thing we stuck it to those libs.

mamagina.bsky.social•157 days ago

Duh!

not-insane.bsky.social•157 days ago

My grandfather made his living before WWII using his flatbed truck to deliver "illegal" workers to the asparagus farms in southeast Washington state. Nobody complained about them.

But then, the government didn't give them handouts either. That's the key problem - and with citizens as well.

pj1304.bsky.social•156 days ago

Yeah, now he says it.

alisongrinter.bsky.social•156 days ago

This photo is petty as hell and I love it.

beaufighter.bsky.social•156 days ago

Good luck with that

lifeinthepnw.bsky.social•157 days ago

Just “round up” every undocumented immigrant for the purpose of giving them a non SocSec ID card. Let them stay and work unless they’ve committed a crime. Create a path for citizenship. They already pay taxes (sales, gas, property via rent, etc). They add to the economy.

jojosbizarrelife.bsky.social•156 days ago

Path to citizenship? Not everyone even wants one. Just make the work visa program less odious.

jim0novak.bsky.social•156 days ago

So, basically, do the Democrats’ plan.

unhipcat.bsky.social•156 days ago

‘get rid of all those dirty immigrants.
No, not the ones I need!’

jestastrophy.bsky.social•156 days ago

Lol, so some undocumented aliens are better than others? Slippery slope alert, folks!

hildegardvsalinas.bsky.social•157 days ago

Grew up around agribusiness. (1) #leopardsatemyface: growers & their neighbors vote GOP, then work behind the scenes to get exempted from the consequences; (2) there are growers who work with unions, build housing, pay for tuition, and support farmworkers b/c in the long run it’s good for business.

montanatrout.bsky.social•157 days ago

Who could’ve known?

open-y-eyes.bsky.social•156 days ago

The Waco disaster shows how anti-cult groups can use law enforcement to harm individuals and erode democracy. To understand the Mount Carmel siege’s legacy, watch "The Impact"

eawinick.bsky.social•157 days ago

Who's gonna tell him?

steelefairbanks.bsky.social•156 days ago

This was always going to be expected. Trump supporters with ownership interests in agriculture and hospitality industries were always going to be decimated from the impact of mass deportation given the # of undocumented workers required to harvest crops and service hotels & vacation resorts.

thetallsister.bsky.social•157 days ago

reason Texas need so many immigrant laborers is simple:workforce isn't large enough to keep pace w growth. he worries massive roundup could have chilling effect on Texas economy.
"There are more undocumented people working in Texas right now than there are unemployed people in Texas," Perryman said.

numb.comfortab.ly•157 days ago

lol. lmao.

slowdog.bsky.social•157 days ago

A lot more of the Biden green initiatives benefited red counties than blue ones.
They better push back.
Although I think many Trumpers would be willing to be hurt as long as they see the people they hate being hurt more -- even if just rhetorically.

dfwarchol.bsky.social•157 days ago

Wait til people to get carpenters and drywall guys. The general contractors are already seeing manpower drying up.

Not an issue of Americans filling this gap. Americans already are not interested in the trades- they want to be video game designers and corporate CEOs.

bbutterfield.bsky.social•156 days ago

Or “influencers”.

dfwarchol.bsky.social•156 days ago

👍

flolindy.bsky.social•156 days ago

And the golf course owners will ask next

welshrarebit.bsky.social•157 days ago

No doubt an exemption will be available … for a price.

heathertoday.bsky.social•157 days ago

Of course the GOP Rep LOST his seat and so now is speaking against T47 intended policies/actions. Would’ve served the entire nation better if he had spoken against this coming presidency during the election. Same for all the other GOP folks in this article. Should’ve been against him from the start.

prizm35.bsky.social•156 days ago

Good. I want him in a cold sweat on minuye by minute basis

cld59.bsky.social•157 days ago

One guy does not make a resistance.

raultoblerone.bsky.social•157 days ago

Duarte was one of the rare Republicans to openly support a path to citizenship for DACA. As does his replacement Adam Gray.

chameleon876.bsky.social•156 days ago

My hunch is they are going to use some of the immigrants they say they are deporting as unpaid laborers (slaves) to fill the void.

ezina.bsky.social•156 days ago

Question is how many is “some” to them? Would they actually denaturalize even American born people to the camps or they just go for the ones already in captivity?

chameleon876.bsky.social•156 days ago

They have said in interviews they will denaturalize some citizens. Even if they didn’t commit any crime 😒

stickymoney.bsky.social•156 days ago

The naked depravity.

brtqueen.bsky.social•157 days ago

I've no doubt that trump will pick and choose who will be deported. This will be his game of allowing red pockets in blue states exemption from his plans. Of course all the farmers and distribution companies will have to kiss the ring.

vivacascadia.bsky.social•157 days ago

Bullshit. They voted for the whole meal. Now eat it. Just because you don’t like part of it doesn’t mean those that voted against it have to eat the leftovers.

jimwinwoo.bsky.social•156 days ago

Here come the “guest worker facilities” that look an awful lot like private prisons.

robertag3.bsky.social•156 days ago

Duh…

callmedon.bsky.social•157 days ago

That’s a good idea … let’s arbitrarily pick & choose the people whose lives we destroy.

mnkynana.bsky.social•156 days ago

Yes but of course he won’t fight for any other immigrants just the ones in HIS district 🤮🤬

doylec.bsky.social•157 days ago

Republicans won’t tell the truth unless they have nothing to lose.

allmykidshavepaws.bsky.social•156 days ago

Well maybe, just maybe they shouldn't have all been demonizing immigrants all this time. They've got a bunch of ignorant Americans believing that immigrants are THE cause of all their problems! Hmm where have I heard something similar before @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social? Hitler said it was the Jews

mir-scs.bsky.social•156 days ago

That GOP resistance is a bit too late.

2wheeledtraveler.bsky.social•157 days ago

But the people who voted for these representatives will never hear about this. It won’t be on their State News. And their primary way of dealing with difficult problems is to deny what they don’t want to know.

chuckabear.bsky.social•156 days ago

Wait, now immigrants, legal and illegal, are valuable contributors to our economy??

mac44.bsky.social•156 days ago

Why would Trump worry. The closest he ever gets to a vegetable is the two little bits of onion that found their way into his daily McDonalds burger.

notaigenerated.bsky.social•156 days ago

Hahahaha! No way, my man. Thou shall reapest what thou hast soweth.

bluememe.bsky.social•157 days ago

The “good ones” are the ones I profit from.

cstucker.bsky.social•157 days ago

Did Duarte ever propose legislation that would provide an avenue for these undocumented immigrants to get the documents needed to work in this country?

rctraveler58.bsky.social•157 days ago

Just like all narcissists, no one else matters unless it affects them directly.

eoawild.bsky.social•156 days ago

I think these assholes need to reap what they sowed

I believe they used to call that taking personal responsibility

kmcm.bsky.social•157 days ago

Surely Trump will accommodate this request…for a price

Quid pro quo cronyism governance incoming, likely at an unimaginable scale.

newsview.bsky.social•157 days ago

Good luck with that.

skdfit3.bsky.social•157 days ago

The 49% of voters did this! We will do our part and we will watch the dominos fall! Not ready, but ready! We are planning for the worst!

patrick6669.bsky.social•156 days ago

Republican: “please don’t eat my face”

toftethefirst.bsky.social•157 days ago

Now the rhetoric starts to meet the road.

christianerobb.bsky.social•156 days ago

I don’t think that these are surprise for anyone but MSM when seen through the transactional/pr lens these are negotiating points that make T seem reasonable and look more acceptable to the general populous. Also look at his donor base from Big AG.

robert4772.bsky.social•157 days ago

So he couldn’t mention this before he lost his seat?

tennisdiva63.bsky.social•157 days ago

And it starts. California big agribusiness was very influential in limiting the impact of the 1986 immigration reform law on migrant workers. It's a good thing. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/many-immigrant-farmworkers-legalized-in-1986-went-on-to-prosper/

read88.bsky.social•156 days ago

We’ve read about…

crobertbuchanan.bsky.social•157 days ago

Face Eating Leopard who voted for Face Eating Leopard worries his constituents’ faces will be eaten.

ambrosetreacy.bsky.social•156 days ago

He’s already a lame duck…. Folks are starting to realize on Saturday January 20th 2029 someone else will be sworn in as president.

biltongbaggins.bsky.social•156 days ago

They won’t resist anything, the moment he says “primary” they’ll scatter like cockroaches.

jmcrookston.bsky.social•157 days ago

"Aw crap"
- Face's last words, to Face-eating leopard

skiesabove.bsky.social•157 days ago

"Exempt many". A capitulation that accepts the deportations as "normal" and inevitable.

rechargeearth.bsky.social•157 days ago

There will inevitably be giant holes and caveats carved in Trump's comprehensive-sounding edicts like deportation and tariffs. And each exception to the rule provides an opportunity for graft. This is nothing new with him.

mrsholistic.bsky.social•157 days ago

Nope you need to own it now!!!

nbrockway.bsky.social•157 days ago

Too late to be of use…

excitedlydull.bsky.social•156 days ago

The doublethink at work here! Legally using the labor of "illegal" immigrants

rcopelander.bsky.social•157 days ago

Listen everyone with any sense knows there will be exemptions for a price.

patongdave.bsky.social•156 days ago

I hope MAGA MAGGOTS get everything they voted for.

I’m gonna sit back and laugh and laugh and laugh.

Hopefully the fist act is cutting social security.

Enjoy you ignorant clowns.

neonmoon87.bsky.social•157 days ago

Something something leopards. Something Something faces.

kenyattayamel.bsky.social•157 days ago

Asshole

barrycommoner1917.bsky.social•157 days ago

C,mon. They knew. EVERYONE who was even only half paying attention KNEW.

meeper444.bsky.social•156 days ago

Watch, instead of deporting these people the threat of deportation will be held over their heads.

chummyjeffy.bsky.social•156 days ago

If only someone had warned the GOP to not support him. Oh, wait. We did. 8 years ago.

anthropeg.bsky.social•156 days ago

Not a surprise if people were paying attention.

oralias.bsky.social•156 days ago

Did the GOP Rep for 🍊? If so, he voted for that policy. As we were told, his supporters voted for his policies not his racism, his criminality, his deceit.

ncjohn62.bsky.social•157 days ago

Oh noes... leopards are eating my face! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes..

lacompa.bsky.social•156 days ago

No wonder he lost

alanhowe.bsky.social•157 days ago

1) Putin controls Trump through kompromat.
2) Putin will control us through Trump
3) No one is coming to save us
4) We must save ourselves

Read, share, and support the plan. Recruit friends. Hurry. We are running out of time.
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jaruss.bsky.social•156 days ago

No they are not. Republicans always stick together.

artshealinghearts.bsky.social•157 days ago

Of course! Because they're racist but not if they need them for profit. They pay social security taxes and can't collect and are being hated in America. American Apartheid is alive and well.

petuniatoes.bsky.social•156 days ago

I’m picturing all the Trumpers in my neighborhood out mowing their own lawns. Unfortunately the consequences will affect my husband too.

autisticobelisk.bsky.social•157 days ago

A GOP resisting trump, huh? I like to see how that goes.

cgsuttonplacenyc.bsky.social•157 days ago

If he was reelected he would no be saying this

pughugger.bsky.social•156 days ago

How about those "farm interests" get charged for knowingly hiring undocumented immigrants? And probably not for the California minimum wage either.

sallyny.bsky.social•157 days ago

Yes this. I'm in a NY purple district with big swaths of rural farming. It (NY19) flipped blue by a narrow margin. The GOP candidate allowed PACs to swoop in with TV commercials full of outrageous fear-mongering against the immigrants the farmers absolutely need ... to simply survive. OOPS, GOP!!

imnotjack.bsky.social•156 days ago

He's Correct & it should happen in Arizona New Mexico & Texas also. There are many Mexicans that cross the border in the morning work fields or our factories & cross the border in the evening. They're not criminals or rapists, like our dictator, they want to work hard & take care of their family

imnotjack.bsky.social•156 days ago

btw, many do this for minimal wages. If the fat man removes these people from the equation, does anyone honestly believe Americans are going to work those fields for pennies? This means food waste & food prices skyrocketing. It's sad people elected morons that do not understand how labor works

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