I joined Monocle 24’s Georgina Godwin to hit back at the misleading and damaging narrative of “center v. far left” politics in US media outlets.
Responding to a CNN article which misrepresents a dispute between Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, I explain how issues such as immigration — and American society at a critical point in its history — deserve better than a provocative framing which only benefits the insult politics of Donald Trump.
Listen from 2:30:
This is a horrible media failure which plays into Trump’s hands.
If you talk about immigration, if you talk about other issues raised by all sections of the Democratic Party — the environment, health care, education, economic fairness and justice — Trump’s on shaky ground because he doesn’t have the capability to discuss them.
So he and his advisors will say, “The Democrats are being held hostage by an extremist faction that want to take over America.” And The New York Times and other outlets, when they use headlines like this, act as unofficial campaign advisors rather than journalists.
See also TrumpWatch, Day 899: Trump Denies Reality of Inhumane Conditions for Migrants
EA on Monocle 24: Democrats Debate — How They, and Issues, Can Beat Trump
Immigration is the biggest long term issue facing the country. It’s also unique because unlike Healthcare, education, etc, immigration has taken place outside any legal or legislative framework. No politician ever ran on allowing unchecked illegal immigration, Congress never authorized mass immigration of poor, illiterate people across the border. Even the illegal immigration amnesty of the Reagan era was accompanied by a promise that this would never happen again. On no other issue has the will of the American people been so obviously disregarded.
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