Donald Trump says he will authorize a roundup of all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. A 1950s program with similar goals, called Operation Wetback, offers lessons.
Two guys are sitting in a bar watching the 6 o’clock news. There was a report of a suicidal person threatening to jump from a bridge. One guy turns to the other, “Bet you fifty bucks he jumps.” The other guy thinks for a second and says, “You’re on.” Lo and behold the person does end up jumping. The first guy turns to the second and says, “I’m real sorry. I can’t take your money. Truth is I saw this on the 5 o’clock news so I knew he was going to jump.” The second guy is having none of it, “No no. Fair is fair. I saw the same thing. I just didn’t think he’d do it again.”
I feel like a bunch of Trumpettes are the second guy. They are watching with rapt attention thinking Trump surely wouldn’t fail as hard the second time.
He promised that in 2016 too, are we in rerun times now?
This reminds me of a joke.
Two guys are sitting in a bar watching the 6 o’clock news. There was a report of a suicidal person threatening to jump from a bridge. One guy turns to the other, “Bet you fifty bucks he jumps.” The other guy thinks for a second and says, “You’re on.” Lo and behold the person does end up jumping. The first guy turns to the second and says, “I’m real sorry. I can’t take your money. Truth is I saw this on the 5 o’clock news so I knew he was going to jump.” The second guy is having none of it, “No no. Fair is fair. I saw the same thing. I just didn’t think he’d do it again.”
I feel like a bunch of Trumpettes are the second guy. They are watching with rapt attention thinking Trump surely wouldn’t fail as hard the second time.