President Donald Trump is a wizard capable of conjuring a widespread sense of resentment and distrust by relentlessly repeating the same lie, and then using the mass delusion he has spoken into existence as a cudgel with which to hammer the credibility of anyone who denies it. Trump’s remorseless slander of “sanctuary cities” and those who support them is a powerful example of this dark, demagogic art.
“Sanctuary cities and states like California,” Mr. Trump said in an April White House law enforcement roundtable, “put innocent Americans at the mercy of hardened criminals, hardened murderers …” That sounds pretty bad! What might explain such egregious contempt for public safety? Well, Trump would like you to think that “the Democrats’ priority is to protect criminals, not to do what’s right for our country.” For his part, the president suggests that his honorable aim, unlike the treacherous Democrats’, is “to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States.”
California’s sanctuary policies are illegal and unconstitutional and put the safety and security of our entire nation at risk. Thousands of dangerous & violent criminal aliens are released as a result of sanctuary policies, set free to prey on innocent Americans. THIS MUST STOP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
The War on Sanctuary Cities Is Meant to Undermine the Legitimacy of the Opposition Party
What’s actually going on here is not so hard to see. The point of the president’s indefatigable mendacity about sanctuary cities is to propagate the lie that the first concern of the opposition party is the unhindered freedom of foreign machete rapists, not the welfare of Americans. The immediate implication of this is that Democratic politicians are traitors who imperil the safety of “real” Americans—the ones who don’t live in sanctuary cities. It hardly needs to be said that a politician or party in the business of treasonously selling out “the people” has no moral right to govern. So Trump doesn’t exactly say it. He just incessantly suggests it
Ralph Northam,who is running for Governor of Virginia,is fighting for the violent MS-13 killer gangs & sanctuary cities. Vote Ed Gillespie!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2017
Trump knows that his followers will infer the rest. And they do. For example:
USA is at tipping point. Trump & Sleepy Sessions must make an example of sanctuary politician or we are going to lose the nation. I suggest arresting Oakland mayor: Predawn raid, seize all electronic devices, book & print her for obstruction & conspiracy. https://t.co/lxuItpHM39
— Michael R Shannon (@ReluctantUser2) May 11, 2018
Trump puts America First
-Cut illegal border crossings by 40%
-Sent Nat. Guard to secure border
-Fights to end sanctuary citiesJerry Brown puts America Last
-Increases illegal immigration
-Restricts Nat. Guard at border
-Gives sanctuary to criminalsArrest Governor Brown#MAGA
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