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Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org)

submitted 1 year ago by tintory@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 93 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is literal insanity.

Are they going to put Mexican Americans in internment camps next?

[–] gabe 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. That is 100% the end point of this.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, not the end

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

Probably the plan.

[–] wintrparkgrl@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Next? They've already done it with ICE detention centers

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to mention deported American citizens fairly frequently, since they assume any brown person who doesn't have their license on them at the moment is illegally in the country.

https://immigrationimpact.com/2021/07/30/ice-deport-us-citizens/

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

German Jews' citizenship didn't protect them from the Nazis, who simply revoked their citizenship and then murdered them.

[–] momtheregoesthatman@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Idk if you meant it as hyperbole... But yes, yes, he is sick enough to try that. And a sliver of even bigger morons would/will vote for him.