Why are so many elected Republican leaders suddenly -- and falsely -- blaming border migrants for fueling the new Covid crisis? @AliciaMenendez breaks down the fraught history of a nativist narrative:

Aug 5, 2021 · 11:46 PM UTC

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#DenyDeceiveDeflect is the tactic of the @GOP #GOPBetrayedAmerica #GOPLiesAboutEverything
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It's another #RepublicanTalkingPoint to deflect from the real problem and it's not the fucking border! #COVIDIOTS #GetVaccinatedNow
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Because it works with their narrative and their supporters eat it up.
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Toolkit fake rant which you have on India time and again will not work in US …. You would have realised this by now @mehdirhasan !
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Probably the same reason Demcratic leaders were saying any Trump rally last year were all super spreading events as the protesters/rioters were given a free pass. Can spin crap either way
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Positivity in Texas is running double Mexico's. Florida's is even worse.
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Ignorance can be cured by learning, but tactical stupidity is incurable en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_N…
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Because Republicans are good at regurgitating the talking point they've been fed. Oh...and if nothing else works, blame 'the other'. Oh...and they are racist.
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