Inanity Thrives in the Washington Post
Confusing or wrong? Why not both!
By Andrew R. Arthur on April 17, 2019
Washington Post political analyst Phillip Bump penned a column last week captioned "Trump thinks sending migrants to immigrant-heavy, immigrant-friendly cities is a punishment". That column is confusing, conflates very different concepts, and in places is just plain wrong.
He begins:
The subtext to The Washington Post's report that President Trump and his administration wanted to drop migrants entering the United States into "sanctuary cities" isn't subtle: The intent was punishment, a form of "retaliation" against heavily Democratic areas like San Francisco.
That idea fits with Trump's depiction of the groups of migrants entering the United States from Mexico being riddled with criminals, gang members and terrorists. But that would likely be at odds with how residents of those cities likely view immigrants — since those cities tend to be more densely immigrant-heavy than the country on the whole.
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