We’ve had birth right citizenship for 157 years.
And, while Matt Walsh hates it, it takes only a few hours with an Ancestry subscription to find out it’s the only reason he is American.
Like nearly all Americans, within 2+ generations you’ll find that Matt’s relatives only became American by birthright citizenship.
They came from Ireland, Australia, England, Scotland and Austria.
Most of them *never* naturalized as citizens.
But their children born here became citizens.
“Ending birthright citizenship” isn’t about “illegals” if it was then Trump’s team would have had a more tailored argument and would have likely won today.
It’s fully kicking the ladder out from underneath you.
When people like Matt act as if they’ve got some right to the land of opportunity that you and your children don’t deserve.
The reality is, 80% of Americans today have ancestors who came to America and never naturalized between now and 1866.
And if you go back 2-4 generations in their family tree basically none of those relatives were in America.
Meaning they owe their own American status to the very policy they want to get rid of.
There is a hubris in thinking “just because my Grandparents were American we must have been American forever” when the only reason they were American is because of birthright citizenship.
@BraneDamaged@arachno_commie Well it was, they just came through Ellis Island and game their name. Waves of Italians, Germans, Irish, Polish, Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, and more all came and changed the culture, food, and traditions they finally landed in and all were reviled by the people that got here first.
@CharlesHuntNews@DemzDeliver Statistics show that its far more likely that one of your kids or their friends will accidentally shoot themselves, or that you will lose your job and take out your own family than you ever needing to “defend your family”.
@Crack_Capital@sighyam Saw someone who said their Czech grandmother said she’d rather die of heat than have AC mess with her in what amounted to still holding on to the Four Humors as health science.
@starsnstripesfc Saw a British woman asking why the U.S. sports bar she was in didn’t seem to care about team USA scoring on the TV, we aren’t wanted in the space, why would we get invested?
@jefferyclark@AP Lots of people run for President, actually getting elected is a different story. You really think there is a risk of someone with this back story getting any votes?
@jackunheard And you wouldn’t for a moment question why this isn’t something that can be handled by the trained poll workers? Conservatives have fear mongering that their rights will be stripped then day dream about having to pass armed guards to vote.
@sarahtexe Even if you believe we should have voter ID, why do you think ICE should be standing around polling places? The poll workers are fully trained equipped to follow the voting laws. What is it about having the threat of incarceration and or deadly force standing between you and your
@Gryffix It’s like how moving from heated area to heated area means -27 C isn’t a problem if there isn’t significant precipitation and you’ve properly prepped for it.
@Gryffix And go to bed in my air conditioned room. All while drinking plenty of water. This country moves on because it’s always hot here in the summer, being brought to our knees isn’t an option. We have the infrastructure to avoid heat deaths so it isn’t a life threatening problem.
@sultanofwatts@keithkman Number of times I’m sick in the summer vs number of times I’m sick in the winter shows that while it could possibly make it last longer there aren’t as many illnesses going around so it doesn’t matter.
@_DylanHamilton_ No, but it can keep you from dying of heat stroke in your bedroom when it doesn’t get cool over night. The rest is up to your governments to respond.