Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test - Trump is pushing a new McCarthyism. But Democrats helped get us here.
Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test - Trump is pushing a new McCarthyism. But Democrats helped get us here.
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Opinion | Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test
President Donald Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marks one of Trump’s most egregious assaults on democratic liberties since taking office. Yet too many Democrats, particularly in party leadership, are responding to Trump in the most mealymouthed way possible. But this is a problem of Democrats’ own making: Their trepidation stems from their own history of repressing speech critical of Israel — and now we’re all at risk of paying the price for it.
Democrats are the greater evil in this case, Republicans are openly vocal in their intents so we know what to expect from them. Democrats vocally oppose Republican actions, but end up supporting them and throwing their hands up claiming they were defenseless. Theyve turbo changed their ratchet effect the last several years.
Was there another option?
Democrats will get nothing but grief. leftists tried to warn Democrats for decades that this is who their party is, and now that they're in a downward spiral, they want to keep punching left at the people that told them that their party is shit. This is truly a we told you so moment.
Greater evil? One is being evil and the other is overly pragmatic.
Greater evil. Democrats are not pragmatic. They are enablers of right wing fascism and their ratchet effect ensures that it never slips back to something more progressive.
Really? Intent matters?? Bull.
If you ever opened your eyes and examined results, well...you might have something useful to say. Probably not, but maybe.