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DSA candidate Oliver Larkin described President Donald Trump as a "pedophile president" during questioning by Fox anchor Trace Gallagher.

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[-] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

He had so many easy layups that he fumbled. Instead of calling out disingenuous questions, he let himself be trapped.

Q: "You won't applaud ice for getting ride of violent criminals?"

A: Yes, for every criminal convicted. How many people were deported who had no criminal record, and have not been charged with a crime?

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think wasting time arguing over a question's wording instead of just diving into the actual substance of the issue like Larkin did would have looked good, and looking at the rest of that exchange it seems like the Fox people sure didn't like how it went for them,

Gallagher asked Larkin if he supports open borders.

“I don’t think there’s anything to fear with people seeking a better life in the United States of America,” Larkin answered before he noted his wife is the “proud daughter of a Nicaraguan immigrant.”

Larkin cited legislation by Jared Moskowitz, his opponent in the Congressional race, who was part of the effort that passed the Laken Riley Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain immigrants who have been accused of a crime. Riley was a 22-year-old student who was attacked and killed by José Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant.

The pair sparred verbally on the topic of immigration. “We need to keep our communities safe and we need to hold people accountable when they have harmed others, when they have broken the law but let’s be clear. Immigration is a civil violation, not a criminal violation,” Larkin said.

“So we need to stop treating the equivalent of a parking ticket like people are breaking the law and need a militarized police force breaking down their door,” he continued. “So the comparison here is not one of criminality. It is whether we are respecting international law, the right to asylum, the right of respecting refugees’ rights.”

Gallagher repeatedly attempted to engage Larkin on the topic of an acceptable number of “children who can be raped and it’s fine in relation to the immigration community.”

“If we’re going to talk about children being raped, then we need to hold this pedophile president Donald Trump accountable and all those that can implicate in the Epstein files that the Department of Justice is still not leaking and they’ve sent AIPAC after Thomas Massie—” Larkin began before Gallagher interjected, “Got it, thanks.”

“—for having the temerity to hold accountable the pedophiles that are in control of our government,” Larkin concluded.

“Thank you. We appreciate your time very much,” Gallagher said before the segment’s end.

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah, the answer to these questions is "that's not ice's job, and they're not doing that"

Investigating and arresting violent criminals is the job of the local police , FBI etc. Ice is Immigration and customs enforcement , they enforce immigration laws, not violent crime laws.

The guy was sort of getting at that by calling illegally crossing a misdemeanor but didn't drive home that that's all they're arresting people for and that all those examples the guy was giving of the horrible crimes of migrants were probably investigated and arrested by local police, not ICE.

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

You give the average Fox News viewer far too much credit. They don’t understand unless it’s zingers.

[-] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago
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