Mr. Speaker, if Donald Trump is going to be successful
as a President--successful from his point of view; not the point of
view of the American people, or history, or the rest of the world, or
the point of view of people who like peace and freedom, but from his
point of view--then he is going to have to rely on fear. He got elected by creating fear about immigrants, Mexicans, and
Latinos, calling us rapists and criminals. He got elected by creating
fear about President Obama, the Blacks, thugs, and big cities. He got elected by creating fear among Americans about the big, scary
world out there with threats from ISIS, al-Qaida, and Mexico. But for
some reason, he left out things like the fear of Russia or his buddy
and friend, Putin. And if President Trump is going to enact his agenda of deportations,
building a wall, and making it impossible for people to come to the
United States with visas, he needs to use fear as well. For example, he
feels he needs to publish a list every week of the crimes that were
committed by immigrants to scare Americans into fearing our community. And Trump needs to use fear in another very important way. He needs
to scare the immigrant community. Why? Because he knows he doesn't have the money, the manpower, or the time
to drive 11 million men, women, and children who are undocumented out
of this country. He doesn't have enough jails, ICE agents, or airplanes
to deport
11 million people. That is the population about as big as the State of
Illinois, and such a max exodus will not be easy. So what do they do? They use fear. Trump has to make immigrants scared to leave their
houses. Trump has to make parents scared to take their kids to school. Trump has to make doctors' offices, courthouses, police stations, and
fire departments places where immigrants are afraid to go. Trump has to make sure that undocumented immigrants who are raising
children--most of whom are American citizens--in families who have
lived in the U.S. on average for more than a dozen years, and who own
homes, cars, and businesses, he has to make them so afraid that they
want to leave this country. It is a Presidency and a Presidential policy agenda that relies on
fear and bullying to achieve success--or what people who surround Trump
define as success, at any rate. How do Americans respond to fear?
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants, Mexicans, and Latinos are called rapists and criminals.
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