Right Wing Nativists Freak Out Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling: Racism, Religion, or Just Power?
Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone di R. Stanton Scott and Scott Konopasek
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Last week, the most conservative Supreme Court we've seen in my lifetime finally got one right and ruled that the 14th Amendment protects birthright citizenship and Donald Trump cannot rob children born in the US of that citizenship because of the parents' status...
...and now the nativists on the right wing are freaking out about it.
Scott and I discuss whether this is simply their racism and religious bigotry rearing its ugly head or just a desire to protect power. I argue that they want to keep as many immigrants and their children from citizenship because they worry about being replaced by brown people, Hindus, and Muslims.
Scott suggests that while the people in power USE race and religion to keep their coalition together and motivated, their real concern is that expanding the right to vote to newer citizens makes it ...