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[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens @jacobkornbluh Yes. He clearly views his (perceived) austere striver immigrant upbringing as something that exists in contrast and opposition to those people. Common pattern of resentment among kids who feel simultaneously a part of something and yet not quite a part of something.

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens Just be sure to tip your local chud a little something extra this holiday season for forcing these guys to stop running around flipping off Columbus statues and put their big boy pants on.

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens And secondly, the one bright spot for R’s this midterm was +15 nationally on immigration per exit polls. It was an enduring victory.

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens Tautologically the margin will be small in the states where the margin the margin is the smallest, but truly it was a decisive victory in 2024 by any holistic accounting

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens A republican won the popular vote! Every single state shifted right, for the first time maybe ever there was a smidgen of normie cultural buy in to the whole thing. Pro athletes were doing the Trump dance. To say that it was a small margin in swing states misses the point

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens And again, you simply cannot engage in the flagrant, repulsive abuses of the immigration system that the Biden admin did and then try to shut it down at the last minute bc you’re scared of losing. People (rightly) won’t buy it

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens I know you did, and you were right. But it was a highly path dependent thing. It didn’t just materialize out of the ether

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens It doesn’t matter. You can’t flood the country with 8-10 million new people and then scramble to close the border in a desperate last minute ploy. People saw through it

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens I believe it helped cement a mental image of the party, even if it was secondary or even tertiary. Polling was very clear that Harris was viewed as too woke. And ofc the profound racial neurosis that led to her being the nominee were themselves woke excesses

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens Democrat excesses on immigration, woke and COVID are a big part of why he won. All of which are part of the same ideological nexus and relationship to various ‘groups’

[K @KKfrs2118]

@squid_uagayboi @AliceFromQueens Bc he’s both good at being a smooth talking salesman, he’s slick, and is also somewhat aggressive. Those are the defining rug merchant characteristics

[K @KKfrs2118]

@simspron86522 @AliceFromQueens Yes it’s a specific black pastor derived cadence, which Obama took and modified, and then others took from him. He’s the most successful dem politician of the 21st century ofc they’re trying to imitate him

[K @KKfrs2118]

@simspron86522 @AliceFromQueens Very obviously true that Ossoff, along with a number of other dem politicians eg Shapiro are imitating Obama’s speaking style, esp while giving speeches. And the other things are true as well.

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens Contrived*

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens By far the most natural affect and demeanor of any dem senator from this cycle that I’ve seen. No cotrived Obama cadence like Ossoff, no oily rug merchant vibes like AES. Does a good job of being recognizably black w/o any Jasmine Crockett ghetto pantomime stuff either.

[K @KKfrs2118]

@AliceFromQueens @jaredrfrancis Next time you’re out look at exact brand/make of what white dads are wearing and you’ll see far fewer Nike basketball style sneakers these days and far more of the brands that have supplanted them. They’re a different style of sneaker

[K @KKfrs2118]

@jaredrfrancis @AliceFromQueens 14 year old black kids never wear or wore AF1 or AF1 style sneakers? Come on. One of the most ubiquitous styles over the past 20 years. Though as I said elsewhere, people have moved on a bit in recent years

[K @KKfrs2118]

@jwordfish @AliceFromQueens True!