VICE PRESIDENT WANTS TO RETURN TO SEGREGATION
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JD Vance wants to bring back segregation. A love for inequality rolls off his tongue | Opinion
When you listen to (JD Vance’s) remarks, it’s shocking how easily the words, “I want to live next to people who I have something in common with,” roll out of his mouth.
Ray Marcano
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- Ray Marcano argues that recent comments by JD Vance support segregation and the Great Replacement Theory.
Ray Marcano is a frequent Columbus Dispatch contributor.
The vice president of the United States represents the policy of the American government when he speaks.
Based on JD Vance’s recent comments, that policy now includes allowing segregation and giving voice to the Great Replacement Theory.
On an Oct. 29 New York Post podcast, Vance pined for the days of keeping neighborhoods homogenous and complained about how immigrants could impact elections.
When asked about the Democrats’ immigration policy, Vance said: “I do think that they were using immigration to seize control illegitimately of the institution of this country. Some of them would say that openly, by the way. They would actually say, ‘We want these new people to come in because we can’t win the votes of the people who are already here, so we’re going to import new voters to replace them.'” Emphasis added.Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
Four or five families of strangers
When discussing the Haitian population in Springfield, he noted that some landlords were charging more money so multiple families could stay in an apartment meant for fewer people, which drives up costs for everyone else. I often heard that complaint when doing some reporting for another outlet. But instead of stopping there, he went much further.
“It is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don’t want to live next to four or five families of strangers.”
He also said some in the neighborhood might think, “Wait a second. What is going on here? I don’t know these people. They don’t speak the same language that I do.”
A return to inequality
Vance’s comments point to an American government intent on crushing any semblance of equality in favor of a return to inequality. Just connect the dots.
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Vance will counter that he was just repeating what someone said about replacing voters, just as he repeated in the same podcast that Haitians in Springfield ate dogs and cats. It’s a riff on Trump’s, “I don’t know, a lot of people say that.”
But while Trump’s a blowhard, Vance is a smooth operator. He sounds reasonable when he speaks in a measured tone and looks good with his coiffed hair and beard, and perfectly tailored suits.
When you listen to his remarks, it’s shocking how easily the words, “I want to live next to people who I have something in common with,” roll out of his mouth.
But we also know how dog whistles work. What if you don’t have something in common with Black people, or Latinos, or a gay couple?
Then what?
Are we going to again start trying to force people out of their homes (it still happens) or creating segregated communities (it’s happening)?
There’s so much daily noise coming from the Trump administration that Vance’s comments haven’t gotten a lot of attention. They should.
Vance is dangerous because he whistles well.
Ray Marcano is a frequent Columbus Dispatch contributor.https://www.usatodaynetworkservice.com/tangstatic/html/usat/sf-q1a2z3584c02f3.min.html
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