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Baltimike

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Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:23 AM Jan 2019

Some handy "Border Crisis" links

The only good thing about ditto heads and Russian bots is that they use the broken record technique repeatedly. They all use the same terminology, and the message always has discipline, because, well, it repeats itself like a broken record. Thus, the rebuttal is usually easy enough to lay down, and I am SURE we are getting the same arguments, blasted via Putin's tiny army of digital soldiers. Here are a couple. Add in what you encounter.

First. Trump uses the wall when he saw audiences get bored with him: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/01/30/trump-when-audiences-get-bored-use-wall/79573388/


There REALLY is NO CRISIS at the border:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/06/25/there-is-no-crisis-at-the-border-and-dhs-stats-prove-it/?fbclid=IwAR0q9njdWIf2bTY9cPdJchz6UwZTa5XULARVNr554qqB6V5PDiYkaMTedY4#4e4e5afa112a

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Some handy "Border Crisis" links (Original Post) Baltimike Jan 2019 OP
Great, thank you, I will keep this handy Ohiogal Jan 2019 #1
Arrests for illegal border crossing at a 46 year low Baltimike Jan 2019 #2
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