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Geoff Shullenberger's avatar

I appreciate this as the only attempt I've seen to address the concerns of a particular subset I belong to ("Pro-Union Immigration Restrictionists"). My overall sense is on the pro-union side there's only one sort of weak for doing anything other than supporting Democrats, the one being that encouraging the pro-union elements of the GOP is good because it makes the possibility of independent unions more plausible, whereas if the GOP reverts to a full-on anti-labor stance (which to be clear Trump did in office last time). With immigration, the question is whether the irresponsible border policies of ~2022-23 were a deviation from a party that's generally been more moderate in practice (as under Obama), or whether they suggest the open-borders wing of the party apparatus is highly influential and will continue to dictate policy if the Democrats aren't punished for it. To be clear I'm not even an immigration hardliner, just someone who thinks we should have a functional border, reform asylum law, and impose e-verify on employers.

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Leah Libresco Sargeant's avatar

Thank you for the shoutout! I’d add for my fellow anti-abortion feminists that if your pro-life commitments are rooted in concern for the vulnerable, Trump has made his contempt for weakness and illness abundantly clear.

I think the transactional case for Trump was stronger the first time, when he was touting his SCOTUS commitments. This time he’s been clear he sees the pro-life movement as not due any additional payoffs

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