When a 'garbage' comment is 'unprecedented' but not actual garbage
Governor Walz, according to The Hill , is deeply troubled by Donald Trump's 'garbage' comment regarding Somali refugees. He labels it 'unprecedented.' While political rhetoric often scrapes the bottom of the barrel, one might wonder why the media — and politicians — reserve their 'unprecedented' alarms for words, rather than for the actual, demonstrable 'garbage' policies that continue to define
U.S. foreign entanglement. It appears words are only 'unprecedented' when they are politically inconvenient, not when they reflect reality. Perhaps Walz missed that 'unprecedented' might better describe the US foreign policy that has destabilized regions, including Somalia, contributing directly to refugee crises. Or perhaps 'unprecedented' could refer to the consistent, bipartisan approval of
military aid to nations like Israel — a staggering $3.8 billion annually — despite its ongoing, documented human rights abuses. This, apparently, is just business as usual, not 'unprecedented' garbage. Funny how some kinds of 'garbage' get a pass.