Oh, look, more proof that the GOP’s immigration stance isn’t about “law and order” or “border security.” It’s about one thing and one thing only: White nationalism wrapped in a cheap, plastic flag made in China. The NRCC calling a sitting U.S. Congressman an “illegal immigrant” is exactly the kind of lazy, performative racism that the mo…
Oh, look, more proof that the GOP’s immigration stance isn’t about “law and order” or “border security.” It’s about one thing and one thing only: White nationalism wrapped in a cheap, plastic flag made in China. The NRCC calling a sitting U.S. Congressman an “illegal immigrant” is exactly the kind of lazy, performative racism that the modern right has perfected. It’s not just hateful; it’s intentionally stupid. It’s the political equivalent of a toddler smearing its own feces on the wall and declaring itself an artist.
And yet, while the GOP doubles down on xenophobia and cruelty, the next generation of immigration activists isn’t just pushing back. They’re running circles around these fossils. Martinez Zaragoza and Espina aren’t waiting for Washington’s bipartisan theater to offer them a handout. They’re building their own platforms, rallying millions, and forcing the conversation into spaces the establishment can't control. Social media has given these activists an uncensored megaphone, and the fact that Espina has a larger audience than half the damn news networks combined should terrify the old guard.
They are impatient. They are loud. They are unapologetic. And that’s exactly what this fight needs.
Oh, look, more proof that the GOP’s immigration stance isn’t about “law and order” or “border security.” It’s about one thing and one thing only: White nationalism wrapped in a cheap, plastic flag made in China. The NRCC calling a sitting U.S. Congressman an “illegal immigrant” is exactly the kind of lazy, performative racism that the modern right has perfected. It’s not just hateful; it’s intentionally stupid. It’s the political equivalent of a toddler smearing its own feces on the wall and declaring itself an artist.
And yet, while the GOP doubles down on xenophobia and cruelty, the next generation of immigration activists isn’t just pushing back. They’re running circles around these fossils. Martinez Zaragoza and Espina aren’t waiting for Washington’s bipartisan theater to offer them a handout. They’re building their own platforms, rallying millions, and forcing the conversation into spaces the establishment can't control. Social media has given these activists an uncensored megaphone, and the fact that Espina has a larger audience than half the damn news networks combined should terrify the old guard.
They are impatient. They are loud. They are unapologetic. And that’s exactly what this fight needs.