Gary Franks: Does the border crisis help Democrats win elections?
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Threat to our democracy? The major problem for Democrats is that they have not won the white vote in presidential elections since 1964. Today, most Americans were not alive to see it. Former President Lyndon Johnson’s landslide victory included winning the white vote (see voting percentages at end of the column).
I wonder what Democrats would do to win elections. Or could there be a coordination of efforts? After all, their willingness to give over $53 million to extreme Republican candidates during Republican primaries to boost their chances of winning in the general election is a new low in politics.
Now, their use of the border crisis?
Every year, America allows around 1 million legal immigrants to enter the country. The crisis at our porous border has reached a record 2 million encounters with illegal migrants. There is an unknown number of them who successfully enter under President Joe Biden.
It is sad, cynical and regrettable that it took the acts of GOP governors in border states and Florida to actually get the attention of the liberal media and the White House.
The classic limousine liberals were exposed. It is OK for illegals to come to the U.S. but not “here” (in my backyard).
The transporting of illegals to Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C., has been a constructive approach to drawing attention to the matter. However, transporting illegals to Martha’s Vineyard was special indeed and got everyone’s attention.
At times, the Democrats’ indifference gives off the appearance that they are OK with the status quo as if it was part of their plan.
The Democrats often highlight the 11 million illegal DACA folks and the importance of creating a pathway for their citizenship. This has little to nothing to do with protecting our borders, however.
While in control of Congress, the Democrats have never introduced a bill to address the illegal invasion of America at the Mexican border.
The president and his appointed border czar — Vice President Kamala Harris — have done little to solve the problem. In fact, Harris has stated the border is secure.
Numerous elected Democrats contradict Harris and claim there is a crisis at the border.
As generous of a nation as we are, there is a process for entry. An economic reason is not enough to skip the line set forth for legal entry. Our border towns are overwhelmed. Question: When will it stop?
When there is an invasion, the military is required to intervene. The only difference from what we are experiencing at the Mexican border: The people coming into or invading the U.S. are not in uniform. If they were armed, we would be required to mobilize our military to stop them via any means necessary.
Because they are smiling and looking distraught, we say, “Come right in!”
I applaud the efforts of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Someone has to act to save America from the unknown consequences of good and bad people invading America. Folks are playing the U.S. as suckers! Or Democrats see them as future Democratic voters as they continue to lose the white vote, election after election.
Then, when you consider the states most affected by the illegal invasion (Arizona, Texas and Florida), look at what they have in common. They are all pivotal to a GOP victory in a presidential race. It is hard to see a path that a Republican presidential candidate can take without winning these states.
In presidential elections, Black Americans have been the difference by giving a customary 90%-plus of their vote to the Democratic candidate. Thus, with an exceedingly high Black voter turnout, and despite their loss of the white vote in every single presidential election, the Democrats gain a victory.
When Black people were given opportunities and freedom after the Civil War, for decades they gave their near-unanimous support and votes to the Republican candidate. Every single one of the nearly two dozen Black people elected to Congress until the 1930s was a Lincoln Republican. That’s gratitude. The shift to Democrats started with President Franklin Roosevelt.
Perhaps the Democrats feel that if they can ingratiate themselves with illegals from Latin America and create a similar relationship with them — by giving them access to the fruits, benefits, freedoms and opportunities that all Americans enjoy — the Democrats can develop the same “gratitude” among Latino voters that could be just enough to flip Arizona, Texas and Florida in their favor for decades to come.
Let’s look at the numbers from the Roper Center for Public Opinion. Here are the white vote percentages when the Democrats have won presidential races and Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: 1976 — Carter 48% vs. Ford 52%; 1992 — Clinton 39% vs. Bush 41; 1996 — Clinton 44% vs. Dole 46%; 2008 — Obama 43% vs. McCain 55%; 2012 — Obama 39% vs. Romney 59%; 2020 — Biden 41% vs. Trump 58%; 2016 — Clinton 37% vs. Trump 57%.
The trend should be concerning. In Democratic wins in the 21st century, nearly 60% of white people supported the Republican candidate. Is this healthy for a true democracy to have the majority population’s wishes thwarted every single election cycle?