Stephen A. Smith CHALLENGES Abdul El-Sayed on Open Borders — His Answer Shuts Down the Assumption
Stephen A. Smith: You’ve said the only way forward is to abolish ICE and start from scratch. What does that mean?
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Let me be clear: I believe we ought to have a safe, secure southern border.
I believe you ought to enforce immigration law, but not through masked men with AR-15s acting against the Constitution.
ICE didn’t exist before this century. It’s not part of the Constitution. ICE is not about immigration. It’s about making a show of immigration and normalising paramilitary force on our streets.
I believe we need to undo it and build a system that enforces immigration law while respecting the Constitution.
Stephen A. Smith: Is there any condition under which you think open borders are acceptable?
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: No. You have to have borders that you can control. There’s no question about that.
People think ICE is about border enforcement, but it’s not. Customs and Border Protection enforces the border. ICE handles immigration enforcement inside the country.
I went to Minneapolis during the height of Project Metro Surge.
Some of the things I saw, I never thought I would see in the United States of America. We can’t allow that to continue.
“People are just sick of all the bullshit,” Pete Buttigieg tells David Remnick on #NewYorkerRadioHour. Listen to Buttigieg’s full musings on the midterms: https://t.co/VmmLqf0g4n
I’ve never seen this happen in a Buttigieg interview before.
Patrick Bet David brings up Pete’s late father’s work translating Antonio Gramsci.
Pete turns it around onto the American political right.
.@SarahAMatthews1 reacts to Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters melting down over the GOP’s devastating midterm losses and proving they learned absolutely nothing from the results.
An emotional @Timodc reflects on Adam Hamilton's victory and why he sees Hamilton, James Talarico, and a new generation of Democratic leaders as a model for a different kind of politics:
"It's truly inspiring."
I rarely talk about what January 6 cost me and my family. The friendships, the threats, the party I once called home.
But today, I feel something I haven't felt in years.
Vindication.
We refused to bow to Trump. We paid a price. And last night, America roared back.
This one's personal.
"I would point out the irony that Haley Stevens's entire campaign against Abdul El-Sayed revolves around the fact that apparently he won't condemn bigotry... that's her claim, right? The irony is that she's with Mike Rogers, a man who has pushed some of the most disgusting racism."
What I said on @MSNOWNews this morning just moments before Stevens endorsed Rogers:
.@JamesTalarico: The first bill I want to vote on in the Senate is comprehensive political reform
Undecided voter: What is that specifically?
Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks. We have to end insider trading in both political parties
. @jonfavs on Haley Stevens: She decided that all of her values and everything she has said about Mike Rogers don't matter anymore? And she's going to cast a vote for him? It's preposterous. You sound like a f*cking moron.