@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@sassycrass ("Fiqah") wrote:
The idea is that we're a permanent resident alien population. Remember Mitch McConnell talking about Black voters versus "American voters," and his unconscious gesturing to himself with the latter? Hilarious unconscious tell, but more than that, the general sentiment.
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@KariDru ("Kari Dru") replied to a tweet by @sassycrass:
@sassycrass I remember during the '16 election a lot of republicans kept trying to edge into calling Black USians immigrants, which is absurd and they couldn't quite get away with it. But that's been on my radar.