JM
Just (Dr.) Monicaahhh 😱
@pkpd-babe.bsky.social
Pharmacology • Neuroscience • Ethics • Clinical Trials • Public Health • SciComm • SciArt (she/they/او)
Posts are mine, not my employer’s.
16.6k followers568 following5.1k posts
![Fast-forward to 2014. Attempting to undercut criticism of Democrats' supposed leniency on immigration, Obama instituted harsh border policies, including the family separation policy that evolved into the infamous "kids in cages" under Trump.
How many Republican votes were won over by this infliction of cruelty? Well, according to one veteran of the Obama White House: "There was a feeling that [Obama] needed to show the American public that you believed in enforcement, and [that we weren't pushing for] open borders. But in hindsight I was like, what did we get for that? We deported more people than ever before. All these families separated, and Republicans didn't give him one ounce of credit. There may as well have been open borders for five years."'l OK, so zero. It won zero votes.
Republicans accused Democrats of being open-border lovers anyway, and Democratic voters who cared about immigration felt betrayed, like they were sold out in an attempt to satisfy the right. Grea](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:obzgiyh5vnhtwrtewot77mi4/bafkreic7phsrsdsdvlcxl4jeac7h7ryevoet5mhexxre44qeujknfv5bha@jpeg)
JM
Just (Dr.) Monicaahhh 😱
@pkpd-babe.bsky.social
Pharmacology • Neuroscience • Ethics • Clinical Trials • Public Health • SciComm • SciArt (she/they/او)
Posts are mine, not my employer’s.
16.6k followers568 following5.1k posts