Republican support for Afghan refugees wanes as Trump, Fox News promote anti-immigran

[Guno צְבִי]

This shift has been driven almost entirely by Republicans, whose support for Afghan refugees coming to the U.S. dropped from 40 percent to 32 percent, while their uncertainty increased by 12 percentage points, from 24 percent to 36 percent. Opposition to helping Afghan refugees also dipped during this time period, though much less significantly, from 24 percent to 22 percent overall, and from 37 percent to 31 percent among Republicans.

figures such as former President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have sought to use the Afghan refugee crisis to further their anti-immigrant agenda, mostly by portraying those trying to flee the Taliban as unvetted, potential terrorists who pose a threat to American citizens.

Such unsubstantiated assertions about the supposed threat from Afghan refugees have also been promoted by Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham,


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...news-promote-anti-immigrant-claims/ar-AAO4avY

 

[BattleofHodow]

So, fickle & stupid.

 

[Nordberg]

The Repubs used the Afghan refugees as a cudgel on Biden, but they never cared about them in the slightest. The NIMBYism is showing again. The bigotry is coming out.
Take them out of Afghanistan but do not bring them here. We do not care that much. Just enough to stab Biden, no more.

 

[PoliTalker]

Hello guno,

This shift has been driven almost entirely by Republicans, whose support for Afghan refugees coming to the U.S. dropped from 40 percent to 32 percent, while their uncertainty increased by 12 percentage points, from 24 percent to 36 percent. Opposition to helping Afghan refugees also dipped during this time period, though much less significantly, from 24 percent to 22 percent overall, and from 37 percent to 31 percent among Republicans.

figures such as former President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have sought to use the Afghan refugee crisis to further their anti-immigrant agenda, mostly by portraying those trying to flee the Taliban as unvetted, potential terrorists who pose a threat to American citizens.

Such unsubstantiated assertions about the supposed threat from Afghan refugees have also been promoted by Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham,


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...news-promote-anti-immigrant-claims/ar-AAO4avY

Not surprised in the least.

President Biden broke the Muslim Ban rule.

Besides. Any Republican who expresses compassion and concern for others is in danger of being ousted as a RINO.