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submitted 7 months ago by dead@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

Interviewer: Do you regret using the word 'illegal' to describe immigrants last night, sir?

Biden: Well... not- probably- I don't regret- technically they're not supposed to be here.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1766194884115861979

From his State of the Union speech last night, he said: "Laken Riley was an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75OIu1hUchQ

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 58 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm sure all the libs who insisted he just misspoke will admit they were wrong now.

anakin-padme-4

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 45 points 7 months ago
[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 35 points 7 months ago

Oh fuck I just did an ableism

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 7 months ago

Nah just 4d chess move now

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 49 points 7 months ago

administration objectively to the right of george w bush

pre november 2016 "murderous illegals" rhetoric was extreme FOR THE GOP

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 45 points 7 months ago

Bipartisan fascism cool cool cool

[-] BioWarfarePosadist@hexbear.net 41 points 7 months ago

Going back in time and thinking it's 20-30 years ago is a huge sign of dementia and Alzheimers.

You lose your most recent memories first generally, and older memories, usually the ones you thought about the most, are what is left, before slowly disintegrating away into oblivion.

There needs to be a maximum age for serving office. No one over 70 should be allowed to serve in any branch of office.

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago

"No person is illegal"

Guess libs are going to have to cross that one off their signs

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

guess you could say it's a principle to which they are Uncommitted

[-] principalkohoutek@hexbear.net 30 points 7 months ago
[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

How long before Biden refers to Asians as “orientals” or “the asiatics”

[-] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago
[-] kristina@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

biden-rember Listen, fat, America will never bow to the authoritarian regime in the Qing Empire.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

Lmao now I’m hoping someone edits Biden’s cornpop speech but it’s about various imperial Chinese warlords

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

biden-point "Those kids broke the law and deserve to be in those cages, Jack! If they don't like it, we'll send them to Gaza so they'll really have something to cry about!"

Damn it, libs are so fucking hopeless.

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

libs be like "anyone who says the democrats and the republicans are the same is delusional and a russian" and brandon is like "yeah, fuckin pinko traitors."

[-] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 7 months ago

"Biden and Trump aren't the same guys!" capitalist coping lenin facepalm lenin shotgun

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a threat to me

[-] dead@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Posting this as a followup. In an interview from today with MSNBC, Biden is now saying that he regrets using the word "illegal" to describe an immigrant. Biden says he should have said "undocumented person". Though he follows it up by emphasizing that his border policies have not changed and says "we have to control the border".

https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1766575235011121365

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago
[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

it's such a weird discussion to even pretend to have. like, the legal reality that people who cross into the country or stay in the country without approval from the state are considered criminals is not something that anyone in power disputes or disagrees with. the whole argument is whether it's okay to say that out loud or we have to pretend that ICE is a necessary institution and imprisoning asylum seekers is for their own good.

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