I agree with @timmiller.bsky.social that Democrats seem terrified of the possible optics of coming after Trump’s immigration regime. But it’s actually very easy to say kidnapping innocent people and expelling them “for their beliefs” is bad. - ThreadSky

aselrod.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I agree with @timmiller.bsky.social that Democrats seem terrified of the possible optics of coming after Trump’s immigration regime.

But it’s actually very easy to say kidnapping innocent people and expelling them “for their beliefs” is bad.

Reposted from Jared Holt

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klead.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’re afraid of AIPAC.

zerogiven.bsky.social•1 day ago

I added it to my list of things that Dems should have known was a possibility but did nothing to codify against, like Roe v Wade. Just another example of Dem inaction.

megelaine.bsky.social•3 days ago

Joe Rogan said it’s scary.

g-chris.bsky.social•3 days ago

Americans differentiate between illegal immigrants (crossing border at night, etc) and legal residents like students.

Most Americans would not support revoking green cards for writing newspaper articles.

missatlanticcity.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe the democrats could visit the prison in El Salvador and envision themselves in it for a full 24 hours! Might just be the antidote for inaction 🧌

viking4life.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, THAT'S terrifying. Optics? Not so much🙄🤬. They're pushing me more and more to become an Independent.

dmrf.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://markfondacaro.substack.com/p/maga-values-are-nothing-new-in-the

kahturakarfai.bsky.social•1 day ago

And if they get away with deporting, they will broaden the base of accusations. Welcome to the Christian nationalist USA: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535

kahturakarfai.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Anti-Christian" of course doesn't mean "didn't give the poor" or "didn't love thy neighbor" but "said something against one of the Führers"

bobcat777.bsky.social•3 days ago

Human trafficking

davewilde.bsky.social•3 days ago

The thing is this is not even about immigration it's about something basic in the US Constitution "Due Process". It is shameful they are not screaming from the rooftops in DC.

brainnervous.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Democrats have plenty of support nationaly and it's growing as trump fumbles

moxfyre.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't understand why they think the "possible optics" might be bad.

Who exactly is the constituency that wants to see the dad next door getting abducted from the Ikea parking lots??!

I lived in grad school in the same neighborhood where Kilmar Abrego Garcia lives. It's absolutely haunting me. 😔

russtofferson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Their base voters love this stuff. When nose kindly old white folks waved their "mass deportations now!" signs at the RNC this is precisely what they wanted--the terrorizing and imprisonment of innocent people.

moxfyre.bsky.social•2 days ago

Color me skeptical that the base loves this.

I mean, are retirees in diners in Ohio telling reporters "yeah, it's great that the government abducted a dad of 3 with a blue-collar job out of a strip mall parking lot and put him in a foreign jail for life. More of that, please."

russtofferson.bsky.social•2 days ago

They'll never say it to a big-city reporter who parachutes in (at most they'd say "I'm just glad he's trying to DO something about illegal immigration") but among themselves, at the coffee shop, after church, and on Facebook, it's jokes and memes and gleeful cruelty. It's where I come from. I know.

moxfyre.bsky.social•2 days ago

I believe that if Democratic politicians were talking non-stop about this issue—including emphasis on the enormous number of AMERICANS being directly harmed, especially children—then we'd see a lot more outrage.

kag772244.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agreed. @timmiller.bsky.social and you are right! This is terrifying, unAmerican and dangerous.

jokercowgarage.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thoughtcrime

rolodexpropaganda.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rolodexpropaganda.bsky.social/post/3lmio4tkuic22

profgrussell.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes just tell the truth and don’t navel gaze on why.

aselrod.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dems have to start using moral suasion on immigration and ask Americans if they really wanna live in an East Germany-style police state.

tomwwhittington.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ugh the state of American (or any wealthy country) views on immigration is a nightmare, but it only gets worse the more responsible parties vacate their duties

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sadly, a significant minority actually does want that.

urocklive1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or at least they think they do. They actually have no idea what that would really look like.

aselrod.bsky.social•2 days ago

I do think lots of people haven’t grasped that weakened due process and civil rights means everyone is in danger

aselrod.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh no! Republican will say Dems support Hamas and gang members! They already say that.

But this is insane. It’s evil. And if they can abduct someone and deport them for their thoughts, they can do anything they want to anyone they want.

aselrod.bsky.social•1 day ago

I like making reference to famously bad authoritarian states because it’s important to shock Americans into what’s going on. We are losing our democracy, and yes it can happen here.

itsdavesanders.com•1 day ago

It’s hard to believe that a political culture that put access to guns over hundreds of children’s lives for “freedom to fight tyranny”
has nothing to say when the tyranny actually shows up.

audreygv.bsky.social•1 day ago

You are right. People need to wake up to what is happening.

itswanda.bsky.social•3 days ago

That assumes most Americans have any idea what East Germany means....

aselrod.bsky.social•3 days ago

No obligation to use my example!

itswanda.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm always horrified to discover how many immigrants are anti-immigrant (usually when I'm visiting my mom in Florida)

aselrod.bsky.social•3 days ago

I riffed a bit on that dynamic here https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-secret-weapon-status-anxiety-social-capital-identitarianism

itswanda.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you!

nuqneh.bsky.social•3 days ago

Isn’t this what the First Amendment is for? Same behavior that King George had?

fourstarr.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think the majority consensus is far more concerned with closing/controlling the southern border than it is with immigrants who are already here. I don't believe the majority wanted innocent people snatched off the streets. Dems should use their big brains to figure that out and act accordingly.

tzipshmil.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dems seem terrified of the optics of fighting fascism.

teacherken.bsky.social•3 days ago

seems like a clear 1st Amendment violation. That "power" that SecState has if I remember correctly has never been vetted against 1st Amendment protections, which apply to all persons by multiple SCOTUS decisons, by SCOTUS itself

ss07021.bsky.social•3 days ago

@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Remember Jake Brigance’s closing argument.

viking4life.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump and his administration ARE EVIL INCARNATE. I honestly DON'T GIVE A FUCK that OUR DEMS are "terrified" of OPTICS! Maybe Democrats AND Republicans SHOULD WORRY about HOW ACTUALLY TERRIFIED those poor people are at the hands of NAZIS and Hitler 2.0?

leahkblack.bsky.social•3 days ago

F the optics. They should just do what’s right.

anglospud.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm Jewish. Protesting against Israel's current genocidal leadership is no worse than Protesting against Trump, or Buden. It's freedom of speech. Bondi planning on locking us ALL up?

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