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      I will admit I use the term out of laziness but you are correct. It shouldn’t be used to disparage people.

      I actually don’t fault the illegal aliens. I fault the government for not cracking down on the employers and border.

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        Thank you. The illegal immigrants are doing what they believe is best for them and their families. Anybody would.

        If we actually want to tackle illegal immigration, we need to throw a lot of money and a lot of employees at the problem to fast track asylum claims and deportations. Our economy also absolutely depends on the inexpensive labor that they provide, so there should be a straightforward path to temporary work visas for, for example, migrant agricultural workers.

        They’re going to be here either way. Let them pay taxes, earn some money, and go home. If they want to become citizens, there’s a process for that for longer-term immigrants.

        Having said all that, obviously I’m not conservative because I don’t think we should just be putting up razor wire and deporting everybody. But there is a mutually beneficial relationship between migrants looking for work in the US and employers looking for labor. As it is now, the employers just take advantage of the migrants and the migrants are the ones who get demonized, while it’s the employers who are the ones encouraging illegal immigration and depriving the US of tax dollars.

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          Our economy also absolutely depends on the inexpensive labor that they provide, It shouldn’t. People should be paid a fair wage. Jobs should provide a living wage.

          so there should be a straightforward path to temporary work visas for, for example, migrant agricultural workers.

          There is but nobody wants to use it. That is why we need to punish the employers. Trump actually uses the Visa properly.

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    At this point, Republicans have only themselves to blame. They had a chance to get everything they wanted in terms of border security but turned it down because their beholden to Trump’s oversized knickers. They can lay in the bedbug ridden bed they made with their first day dictator.

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          No, it’s true because he was literally caught on video saying it. MSNBC is not the only news source reporting it.

          Real “don’t look up moment” right here.

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            Great movie. I found it was a blast to show to conservative family members and watch them try to convince themselves the movie was actually making fun of “the libs”

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              So you’re going to ignore his entire argument because of word usage…? Do better, Momo. This isn’t what good faith discussion looks like.

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                I wish there was a rule around here requiring good faith discussion. But then again they can’t even enforce civility around here.

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                  That would require moderation to have a backbone. Momo has been hostile and an asshole for months and nothing’s ever been done about them. The mods don’t know how to do their jobs and just give endless, toothless warnings.

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                  You were never interested in having a good faith argument in the first place, Momo. You’re here to yell at people and act like a buffoon at any given moment.

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      They had a chance to get everything they wanted

      Lmao in what fucking universe? It was an awful bill that barely fucking gave me anything I wanted. How about you stop regurgitating what democrat propaganda tells you people believe and just fucking listen to the people directly?

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        Momo, have you ever considered anger management? Every single one of your posts is unnecessarily hostile. You’re gonna have a heart attack getting this stressed out over internet comments.

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            Lmao what? How exactly is me telling you to get help a strawman argument? Go back to the circus, Momo. You’re making me laugh

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        Why do things always end up with insults with you people? Are your beliefs so fragile that the moment they are questioned your only choice is to lash out?

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        I’m genuinely curious why you and so many others like you get so much enjoyment over other people’s suffering and emotional harm. How does it benefit you at all?

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          So you admit you actually suffer emotional harm because a guy you claim is stupid and knows nothing but is somehow a crazy dictator who is going to mastermind the takeover of the United States and the world?

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            Liberal logic in play. That is why all these court cases are concerning. They are just attempts to get him to drop out.

            I do not think Trump is viable in the next election. I would rather see someone else run, but Trump will get my vote. There is no way I am voting for Joe Biden.

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            I never said anything about myself. Nice job putting words in my mouth though. Trump’s policies did a ton of harm to a lot of people, which I see Republicans cheer on. I’m asking you why people like you enjoy it.

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    Rofl what a fucking moron. One Google search shows 7.2 mil hardly accounts for like 9 of the lowest populated states. But keep posting retarded shit like this. I enjoy the daily reminders of how retarded fucking Republicans are.

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      Just FYI, you interpreted the headline wrong. I did, too…but then they have this gem:

      That is larger than the population of 36 US states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

      They’re not combined, otherwise the impact of the argument wouldn’t have the emotional force it does by listing 36 states individually lol.

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        1,132,812+1,095,962 +1,031,890+919,318+783,926 +733,406+678,972+647,464 +584,057

        = 7,607,807

        Tw510 is correct.

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              Double fail

              “Accounts for” does not mean combined.

              The article does not use the term “accounts for”

              Are you intentionally being stupid? Or is that a mistake too?

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                7.2 mil hardly accounts for like 9 of the lowest populated states.

                9 of the lowest populated states means the 7.6m of those states. That is very clearly the meaning going on here as that’s what adds up.

                The fact that you are so smooth brained to interpret it as anything else makes me amazed that you’re even capable of using a computer or phone.

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                  There is no universe in which thats what he meant.

                  And smooth brained? Couldnt come up with an original insult? You make the Lion King look original.

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                Are you intentionally being stupid?

                Couldnt come up with an original insult? You make the Lion King look original.