The Daily Populous Saturday December 28th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by SmarfDurden

Many on the right disagreed vehemently, particularly racists like Laura Loomer, who spent most of Thursday on her X account attacking Musk and tech executives who share his views. Musk then retaliated against Loomer and his other MAGA friends turned critics that evening, allegedly censoring them on the platform by removing their verification badges and hurting their engagement.

Neither side is right on the issue, though. Bannon, Loomer, and other anti-immigration conservatives are motivated by nativism and racism in their opposition to foreign tech workers, and tech CEOs like Musk seek low-wage immigrants to work for long hours in their companies instead of American workers who don’t have a fragile visa status hanging over their heads.

Trump has yet to weigh in on this new controversy, and in the past advocated for green cards for foreign college graduates in the U.S. before his campaign retracted the proposal. However, his past immigration policies have been xenophobic, racist, and cruel, and he’s pledged to implement a mass deportation program for undocumented immigrants. Where does he stand now?

orcinyadders on December 27th, 2024 at 19:21 UTC »

President Musk is an immigrant. How was this ever going to work?

Difficult-Way-9563 on December 27th, 2024 at 19:03 UTC »

Let them eat each other

oldgreymutt on December 27th, 2024 at 18:56 UTC »

I’m thinking the next 4 years are going to be an absolute dumpster fire. MAGA thrived on trolling the left last time.

I think engagement from the left may be much less this time around, which only means MAGA will be forced to troll itself.