DeSantis calls for ‘deadly force’ against suspected drug traffickers
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DeSantis calls for ‘deadly force’ against suspected drug traffickers
- June 27, 2023
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, The New York Times, June 27, 2023
“The bulk of the proposal is the usual laundry list of Republican talking points that have not been successful, either in Congress or in the court of public opinion,” said [Professor] Louis DeSipio, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, citing the idea to end birthright citizenship, among other proposals. “The purpose is probably not a serious policy debate but instead to focus on an issue that is a weakness for Biden and a sensitive one for Trump.”
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