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Jason Johnson on Trump’s Immigration Raids: ‘Optics Are Not a Concern to This Administration’
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MSNBC
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The Beat With Ari Melber
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Jason Johnson
, Katie Phang
Name: Jason Johnson
Employment: Hiram College
Position: Professor
Name: Katie Phang
Employment: MSNBC
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01/25/2025 02:22 am
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RUSH TRANSCRIPT PHANG Well ░░░░░░░░ Jason you re so ░░░░░░░░ about this but let ░░░░░░░░ be very clear It ░░░░░░░░ rounding up and taking ░░░░░░░░ people that are brown ░░░░░░░░ are black that are ░░░░░░░░ white Yeah that s ░░░░░░░░ we re hearing is ░░░░░░░░ for these immigration raids ░░░░░░░░ re also hearing reports ░░░░░░░░ social media for example ░░░░░░░░ they re going into ░░░░░░░░ going into hospital wings ░░░░░░░░ re going into schools ░░░░░░░░ re going into places ░░░░░░░░ are supposed to be ░░░░░░░░ safe locations Previously in ░░░░░░░░ Biden Administration Trump hates ░░░░░░░░ optics I don t ░░░░░░░░ what anybody says about ░░░░░░░░ thick his skin can ░░░░░░░░ He hates bad optics ░░░░░░░░ thoughts about how this ░░░░░░░░ going to play out ░░░░░░░░ him considering these images ░░░░░░░░ ICE for example going ░░░░░░░░ people s homes Johnson ░░░░░░░░ it s not going ░░░░░░░░ hurt him at all ░░░░░░░░ off he hasn t ░░░░░░░░ in office for more ░░░░░░░░ a week Like it ░░░░░░░░ not like his polling ░░░░░░░░ are going to be ░░░░░░░░ And it s not ░░░░░░░░ if this administration cares ░░░░░░░░ polling numbers There was ░░░░░░░░ story I read in ░░░░░░░░ Houston Chronicle earlier this ░░░░░░░░ of immigration activists talking ░░░░░░░░ Republican Latino pastors who ░░░░░░░░ Trump supporters who have ░░░░░░░░ said repeatedly well we ░░░░░░░░ t think he s ░░░░░░░░ going to do it ░░░░░░░░ we don t think ░░░░░░░░ s going to affect ░░░░░░░░ The people who have ░░░░░░░░ that they wanted to ░░░░░░░░ for this the minority ░░░░░░░░ people because the vast ░░░░░░░░ of Americans either didn ░░░░░░░░ vote or voted for ░░░░░░░░ The majority of the ░░░░░░░░ who voted for this ░░░░░░░░ is what they voted ░░░░░░░░ This is what they ░░░░░░░░ for even though they ░░░░░░░░ t think it s ░░░░░░░░ to affect them even ░░░░░░░░ they don t think ░░░░░░░░ s going to touch ░░░░░░░░ This is what they ░░░░░░░░ for So I don ░░░░░░░░ think any of those ░░░░░░░░ are affected I don ░░░░░░░░ think Donald Trump cares ░░░░░░░░ about optics If he ░░░░░░░░ he might have done ░░░░░░░░ about Elon Musk s ░░░░░░░░ earlier this week at ░░░░░░░░ inauguration So optics are ░░░░░░░░ a concern to this ░░░░░░░░ What they want to ░░░░░░░░ is shock the American ░░░░░░░░ with how draconian and ░░░░░░░░ the top their initial ░░░░░░░░ can be in the ░░░░░░░░ of crushing any sort ░░░░░░░░ dissent resistance or actual ░░░░░░░░ reporting on what they ░░░░░░░░ doing.”
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