Hillary Clinton Calls on Europe To END Mass Immigration
Hillary Clinton Calls on Europe To END Immigration in an interview with The Guardian over fears that right wing populists use the issue to gain power.She says that Europe must send a clear message that they will no longer provide refuge and support to people entering the country.With rumors and statements about Hillary possibly running in 2020 I think she is trying to win back the American working class by inching her way towards immigration control.With the far left calling for open borders Democrats will have to make strong statements to win back moderates after 2016 and the 2018 midterms.
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Hillary Clinton has called on Europe to stem immigration because this issue is being used by populists to gain power.
With everything happening now with the migrant caravan, immigration is quickly becoming the number one issue for Americans, at least according to Gallup.
But the reason I think Hillary Clinton is now pushing this rhetoric is that far-left policies didn't work.
Donald Trump won in 2016, and he carried the Rust Belt.
He carried the working class.
Many people have criticized Hillary Clinton for not being able to speak to working-class individuals.
When we look back even 10 years, the Democratic Party, we can see that many Democrats made statements about how illegal immigration was upsetting our economy.
It was bringing in low-wage workers that was bad for the working class.
If you were to ask me, based on the evidence we've seen, Hillary Clinton is going to run again in 2020 and she wants to move back to the center to capture the moderates.
Something I've talked about in the past is that according to The Economist, out of 78 primaries, progressives lost 71.
What this says to me is the Democrats are now realizing they will have to embrace some moderate policies like border control And that's exactly what Hillary Clinton is doing.
But today, let's take a look at exactly what she said and what Democrats have said in the past about controlling our borders because, believe it or not, they were in support of border barriers and controlling immigration.
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From The Guardian, Hillary Clinton, Europe must curb immigration to stop right-wing populists.
Now, they say curb, But I think based off of the language they show in this article, she's actually saying they should stop it.
Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat from right-wing populists, Hillary Clinton has said, calling on the continent's leaders to send a stronger signal showing they are not going to be able to continue providing refuge and support.
In an interview with The Guardian, the former Democratic presidential candidate praised the generosity shown by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but suggested immigration was inflaming voters and contributed to the election of Donald Trump and Britain's vote to leave the EU.
I think Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame, Clinton said, speaking as part of a series of interviews with senior centrist political figures about the rise of populists, particularly on the right in Europe and in the Americas.
I admire the very generosity and compassionate approaches that were taken particularly by leaders like Angela Merkel, but I think it is fair to say Europe has done its part and must send a very clear message.
We are not going to be able to continue provide refuge and support.
Because if we don't deal with the migration issue, it will continue to roil the body politic.
Clinton's remarks are likely to prove controversial across Europe, which has struggled to form a unified position ever since more than 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in the EU in 2015.
While some countries who have borne the brunt, such as Germany, Italy, and Greece, have argued for the burden to be shared more evenly, some, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, have rejected demands to take in refugees.
And we can take a look at this ABC News story, which shows, yes, this is true.
Poland is the latest country to withdraw from global migration pact.
The Polish government said Tuesday that it will not support a global compact seeking international cooperation on migration, citing national sovereignty, as it joins countries including Hungary, Austria and the United States in rejecting it.
Clinton said right-wing populists in the West met a psychological as much as political yearning to be told what to do and where to go and how to live and have their press basically stifled And so be given one version of reality.
The whole American system was designed so that you would eliminate the threat from a strong authoritarian king or other leader, and maybe people are just tired of it.
They don't want that much responsibility and freedom.
They want to be told what to do and where to go and how to live, and only given one version of reality.
I don't know why, at this moment, that is so attractive to people, but it's a serious threat to our freedom and our democratic institutions, and it goes very deep and very far, and we've got to do a better job of shining a light on it and trying to combat it.
What I find absolutely fascinating about these statements from Hillary Clinton is that she's not talking about any actual economic damages or cultural issues from the migration, but that people in these countries don't like the migration, so they should simply oppose immigration because it's allowing populists to take root, which is really fascinating.
Look, there are genuine criticisms for the idea of populism.
It's typically an idea that leaders will pander to the mass population to just tell them what they want to hear and give them what they want, whether or not it's the right thing to do.
But what's the opposite of populism?
According to Vocabulary.com, populism is the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
Based on the statements of Hillary Clinton, she doesn't actually care about the problems of the common people.
She's concerned with people who are getting into power by addressing the problems of the common people.
Look, Bernie Sanders is a left-wing populist.
Donald Trump is a right-wing populist.
I don't think populism is inherently bad.
And it's also concerning when Hillary Clinton, who is the privileged corporate elite, Goldman Sachs, bankster, crony capitalist, etc., all the negative things that have been said about her, she's the one criticizing not what immigration does.
She's criticizing people who gain power by addressing the actual concerns.
That's really weird, I have to admit.
That's just my opinion.
Maybe you're someone who's, you know, a neoliberal, you know, pro-corporate, pro-big, you know, big business, free trade, and you think Hillary Clinton's right.
But I do think it's rather disconcerting when Hillary Clinton isn't actually addressing the core issues tied to immigration, but her fear that populists gain power by addressing the core issues with immigration.
If we go back in time, things get really interesting.
First, let's look at this statement from Glenn Greenwald.
He's the journalist who's on the left.
He's with The Intercept.
He said, when I first started writing about politics only 13 years ago,
open borders was maligned on the left as a Koch brothers, multinational corporation plot, while traditional leftists
hated it.
Here's Jamal Bui in 2013 on AA Immigration opposition.
Glenn Greenwald pointed out that not even that long ago, the left thought it was a right-wing conspiracy by big business.
And here we have a statement from PolitiFact where they said, Clinton voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which President George W. Bush signed after the measure cleared the Republican-held Congress.
It authorized about 700 miles of fencing along certain stretches of land between the border of the United States and Mexico.
The act also authorized the use of more vehicle barriers, checkpoints, and lighting to curb illegal immigration, and the use of advanced technologies such as satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles.
And then of course is Bernie Sanders, who is quoted in Time Magazine as saying, They say, Sanders said this in a television interview in June 2007.
Wages are going down.
I don't know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers
who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than
they are now."
They say, Sanders said this in a television interview in June 2007.
In reference to the immigration reform bill, they say joining Sanders in opposing the bill
was the AFL-CIO, the largest coalition of labor unions in the country, as well as staunchly
conservative members of Congress like King and advocates like Beck.
I think Hillary Clinton is out of touch with the average person.
I don't know if she's ever been in touch with the average person.
However, I think I could speculate a bit as to why she's saying these things.
And as I mentioned in the beginning, I do believe she will try to run in 2020.
Or, I should at least say, it looks like she's trying to test the waters and inch her way towards, will she be accepted for a presidential run in 2020?
Because a lot of people on the left are saying, no way.
A lot of people on the right are saying, please, yes.
Because they view it as an easy victory.
Right now, populism is kind of dominating the narrative.
And Bernie Sanders is your populist on the left, not Hillary Clinton.
But it's important to realize, too, that according to Gallup, immigration is quickly becoming the number one issue for Americans.
So it's no surprise, then, that Hillary Clinton would start talking about the issue of immigration and opposing it.
From Gallup on November 20th, immigration up sharply as most important U.S.
problem.
We can see according to their poll, immigration and illegal aliens is the number one problem in November at 21%, a gain of 8 percentage points.
When you see just how important issues of immigration are to the American people, and have been for a while with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders talking about the need for controlling illegal immigration, it then stands to reason people who want to gain as much support as possible are probably going to now start talking about the importance of controlling immigration.
Which is why we saw another story from CBS that apparently Progressive Democrats newly elected are backing away from their claims they want to abolish ICE.
From CBS News, progressive Dems back off abolish ICE at first meeting since midterms.
Even the progressives who campaigned on abolishing ICE are now backing away and saying they have other priorities.
And I think this may have to do with the fact that most Americans actually want immigration enforcement.
Most Americans realize that too many immigrants into this country at low wages Will cause problems for the job market.
It will depress wages.
It's bad for the working class.
And that's probably why Ohio has gone red.
It's actually so red it's becoming alarming to Democrats because for the longest time Ohio has predicted who the next president is going to be.
When you consider that you have a lot of white working class people in the Rust Belt, in Ohio, and then you have Hillary Clinton kind of neglecting this, and you have people on the left calling for open borders and calling for more migration, you're gonna lose those voters.
And if those voters stay red, they are not going to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2020, or whoever the Democratic candidate is, and that's why, again, I'm not surprised to see Hillary Clinton saying, we've gotta do something about immigration, or, I'm sorry, Europe should do something about immigration.
I would not be surprised if that rhetoric starts to come back to the US as time goes on.
In my opinion, I think she's testing the waters, saying, hey, populism's really bad.
You know, you got these far-right people.
Better talk about immigration.
And if it works for her, she'll definitely embrace it.
The Guardian's story about Hillary Clinton kind of just ends off with her last statement about how she feels that people just want to be told what to do.
And this says to me that she really is out of touch with the average person.
No.
Most people don't want to be told what to do.
They want to be told you're going to solve their problems.
And this says to me she really doesn't get why people are concerned.
And it says to me why Bernie Sanders does, and why Donald Trump does.
Because as Bernie Sanders said in 2007, guest workers will depress wages.
That means a lot to the working class who are trying to earn more money, who want to be competitive, but can't compete with people who either will work at minimum wage, or, sometimes illegally, below minimum wage.
Donald Trump understands this as well.
So Hillary Clinton seems to be focusing on the issue of immigration for the wrong reasons, but we'll see where she goes with this.
Look, a lot of people believe she's going to run.
One of the former Clinton aides did an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal saying she was going to run.
I think it's fair to say she's testing the waters.
But let me know what you think in the comments below.
We'll keep the conversation going.
Why do you think Hillary Clinton is now calling for Europe to control its immigration problem?
Is it really about combating right-wing populists?
Do you agree with me that she's trying to test the waters because she's going to run in 2020?
Or is there another reason?
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