And prior to that, when Obama deported 3.1 million people, the deportations were nice and dandy, right?

dragonwriter 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> And prior to that, when Obama deported 3.1 million people, the deportations were nice and dandy, right?

There was significant criticism of them, but both the policy and the manner of execution were different, a fact which Trump presaged in BOTH of his successful campaigns, explicitly stating plans for a different manner of execution (in the 2024 campaign explicitly referencing the notorious 1950s “Operation Wetback” as a model), and which Trump officials have crowed about throughout the execution of the campaign. Pretending the differences that provoke different responses don’t exists when their architects have been as proud of them as critics have been angry at them is just some intense bad faith denial of facts.

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rhcom2 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There were contemporary criticism of Obama's deportation policy on both the right and the left. I have no idea why you think that is some sort of gotcha that somehow makes the equivalency between Obama and Trump's immigration enforcement valid.

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andreygrehov 8 hours ago | parent [-]

No. The outrage now versus back then is day and night. There were pretty much no protests during Obama’s term, even though the scale of deportations was much larger. That contrast is highly suspicious.

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rhcom2 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Dragonwriter has already laid out some of the differences for you to research further beyond the single data point of number of deportations. You've asked the same question multiple times but seem to not want to actually engage with the answers so I'll leave it there.

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janalsncm 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People keep telling you that it has nothing to do with the number of deportations, and you keep insisting that it does. Why do you believe the number of deportations is the most important factor?

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andreygrehov 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Copying my other response here:

The core issue is the media. I worked at a large news company in New York during the Obama’s term. There was a training for our reporters: anything negative about Obama was strictly prohibited. Ad revenue.

	▲	bediger4000 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't believe this.