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Last night, DonaldTrump sent shockwaves around the world by suddenly tweeting out that he would be temporarily suspending all immigration into the United States. Like everything else this president does, it was hastily decided and poorly explained. Like everything he does recently, it’s a transparent attempt to distract from his total botching of the federal government’s COVID-19 response.
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In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2020
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Former Congressman and Democratic ex-presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke responded to Trump’s tweet by absolutely eviscerating him in an extended Twitter thread, exposing Trump for his pathetic, transparent attempt to pull attention away from what O’Rourke deemed his “total mismanagement” of this crisis.
Citing the cold hard facts, O’Rourke pointed out that by some estimates 43,000 Americans have died from this virus, far more than the next closest country’s mortality count. More damningly as it pertains to the White House, O’Rourke also pointed out that just over 1% of Americans have been tested for COVID-19.
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“We should take it seriously,” he added, sending a much-needed message to the president who originally dismissed the virus as a Democratic hoax.
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An attempt to distract us from his total mismanagement (43,000 of our fellow Americans have died so far – 20,000 more than next closest country AND we’ve tested little more than 1% of U.S.). But will still have terrible consequences for America. We should take it seriously. https://t.co/aFLKQrXfDO
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020
The former Texan Congressman went on to defend immigrants, reminding readers that many of the “doctors, nurses and cleaning staff in the hospitals” who are “literally saving his country” are in fact immigrants.
“They came to this country for a better life and to make us a better America. And they have,” he wrote.
So many of the doctors, nurses and cleaning staff in the hospitals that are literally saving this country — despite how badly bungled the President’s leadership has been — are immigrants. They came to this country for a better life and to make us a better America. And they have.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020
Clearly infuriated, O’Rourke asked Trump “who the f*ck” he thinks is working on “farms and feed lots, in the packing houses and processing plants at a time where we are struggling to feed ourselves.” He went on to add kitchen workers, food servers, scientists, and doctors to the list.
The answer to O’Rourke’s fiery question, of course, is that immigrants are the ones doing these jobs in large numbers. They constitute a huge part of our workforce and targeting immigration right now is not only a cowardly thing for Trump to do but an actively detrimental one.
Who the fuck do you think is working on the farms and feed lots, in the packing houses and processing plants at a time where we are struggling to feed ourselves? Who is in the kitchen? Who is picking, preparing, serving the food we eat and cleaning up afterwards?
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020
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And what about the scientists and doctors who will come up with the cures and vaccines? You better believe many of them will be immigrants.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020
The Texan firebrand wound down by correctly calling an immigration ban a “stain on our country” because it will destroy families and create mass suffering as it creates “covid death camps” full of migrants along the southern border.
“This is illegal and immoral. Don’t let it happen,” he concluded and he’s right. Call your Congressperson. Call your Senators. Do not sit by at this president executes this heinous plan.
A stain on our country’s conscience if we let it happen. It will break up families, leave asylum seekers to suffer in what will become covid death camps on our southern border, and lead to more hate crimes against immigrants. This is illegal and immoral. Don’t let it happen.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 21, 2020
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