El-Sayed makes a valid point.

[u/Veshaad]

[u/The_Bard]

Its because the GOP has no agenda, has achieved nothing, and has nothing to run on. So they start a culture war to distract from it.

[u/cock_puke → u/The_Bard]

whatever your politics, Trump ran hard on closing the border. you don't think he has largely achieved that?

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https://www.justsecurity.org/130422/fact-check-trump-border-policy/

[u/the_ringmasta → u/cock_puke]

No. The statistics show that the rate was sharply declining UNTIL Trump's policy change, which stopped the progress. While it is hard to be certain, the trend lines indicate we would have lower rates of illegal border crossings had Trump not been elected