Stephen Miller and Rep. Lauren Boebert Are Helping Donald Trump Lean into the Racism.

The blatant anti-immigrant rhetoric and race baiting cannot be ignored.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min read2 days ago
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As the election season comes to a close, the Republican Party of course is doing everything it can to seal the deal for Donald Trump, and make sure he defeats Vice President Kamala Harris in his bid to get reelected. None other than Stephen Smith and Colorado’s very own Lauren Boebert are among them, and I suppose it should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching that tthey are certainly more than willing to help Trump and his campaign lean into race baiting and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Reporting about the campaign event at Aurora, Colorado Edith Olmsted with The New Republic writes:

“…“Look at all of these photos around me. Are these the kids you grew up with? Are these the neighbors you were raised with?” Miller asked the crowd.

While Miller was specifically gesturing to two large photographs of Jose Miguel Reyes-Perez and Juan Carlos Mejia-Espana, who have been identified as undocumented members of Tren de Aguas, his rhetoric echoed the “great replacement theory,” which laments the changing demographics of the U.S. through immigration.

The crowd replied with an…

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Lauren Elizabeth

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