Noem's 'Fury' Distracts From Democrats' Own Deportation Legacy
Bloomberg noted the 'boos from protesters' and calls for Noem's resignation over the Trump administration's broadened deportation campaign. What's missing from this picture? The inconvenient truth that Democrats have championed, expanded, and funded the very deportation machinery they now feign outrage over. Obama's tenure, from 2009 to 2016, saw over 2.5 million deportations – more than any
previous administration, earning him the moniker 'Deporter-in-Chief' from immigrant rights groups (sources: Pew Research Center, ICE Annual Reports). This isn't 'fury' as much as it is political theater. Democrats laid the infrastructural groundwork for mass deportations, funded ICE and CBP expansions, and passed legislation that criminalized migration. So, when they chastise Republicans for
utilizing those very tools, one might wonder if their outrage is for public consumption, or if they’ve simply forgotten their own blueprints for cruelty.