• TheSlad
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      3 months ago

      It sounds like in this case hes not mistaking, just talking about an unrelated town in a different state as a talking point to bring up immigration?

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, and he’s bringing up situations in different parts of the country as well, all to make whatever his point is (I guess immigration bad?).

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          3 months ago

          2000% increase? DAYUMN. If that were true, which of course it isn’t, that would be wild

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            3 months ago

            In the speech, he said it was a 2000% increase in immigration in a small town. So if that town has something like 2 immigrants in a decade (probably a pretty realistic number), then that means there were probably a handful of immigrants in that year (2000% of 0.2 is 4).

            So if it’s true, it’s likely wildly misleading.

          • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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            3 months ago

            I kinda wish it were true because imagine all of the amazing restaurants that would be popping up across the country with so many immigrants!