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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why Mr. Biden waited so long to effectively seal the border has become one of the defining questions of his presidency. [/quote]

I stated that  Biden needed to get a handle on the border issue as soon as he got elected.

Whoever was advising him on this  didn't know how to read the room.  I understand Progressives  want to protect the most vulnerable, but that is not what is going keep you in power.

I sincerely hope that Dems have learned their lesson and do better in 2026 and beyond.  Don't cater to progressives on immigration. That's a losing strategy.  Focus on the economy and jobs, not foreigners.  [/quote]

When have you ever observed Dems politicians exhibit careless immigration/border security policies other than Biden during the first two years of his term? Obama and Clinton surely didn't and this is the party of common sense Obama and Clinton leadership. The Dem Party will return to Obama/Bush/Clinton border policy once they return to power in 2028- guaranteed. [/quote]

No one is saying they did pre-Biden. Frankly, what happened is post Trump, very loud progressives seemed to have become a larger part of the party. This really ramped up in 2020. We saw things like defund the police, defending / denial around the caravans of people coming across the border, and more of a lax on crime posture across America — all things that are not necessarily popular with run of the mill democrats, but I think a lot of folks were gaslighted or outright chastised into keeping their mouth shut around these issues. I have literally been called a MAGA more times than I can count on this very forum for voicing my opinion on of lax on crime policies in cities (including DC), the fact that the sheer number of immigrants over the past few years has been too high of a number, and a few others. Meanwhile I am quite literally a democrat having voted for Obama, Obama, Hillary, Biden, Kamala. The bullying is real by ultra progressives — if you aren’t progressive enough to them they will call you a MAGA, Russian Bot, etc. [/quote]

Stay true to yourself. What you describe as behavior towards you is not a product of mainstream American beliefs. The Trump era in politics combined with weakness out of the Dem Party during that same time frame has most of us confused.[/quote]

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