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DESANTIS’S LATEST APPEAL TO MAGA TOPS TRUMP IN PERFORMATIVE CRUELTY

By Greg Sargent
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June 27, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. EDT

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As president, Donald Trump separated migrant families, forced asylum seekers
back into Mexico and built hundreds of miles of border barriers. The border
remained chaotic and the migrants kept coming, yet MAGA ideology continues to
hold that the “crisis” can be solved with just the right mix of cruel
deterrence, tough enforcement and — of course — more walls.

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