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3. Persecuting immigrants is extremely popular with Trump's base, his MAGA supporters are crying out for it.

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Fri Jul 4, 2025, 09:14 AM

Jul 2025

The rough arrest, cruel incarceration and illegal deportation of (mostly) dark-skinned hispanic immigrants is the one thing his followers want more than anything else; they literally hunger for it, and Trump is satisfying their bloodlust. Never underestimate the demagogic power of racism, nativism and xenophobia in America. I used to foolishly believe this country had evolved beyond it, but I was wrong.

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Persecuting immigrants is extremely popular with Trump's base, his MAGA supporters are crying out for it. sop Jul 2025 #3