“If liberals insist that only fascists will enforce borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job liberals refuse to do.”
David Frum wrote that in 2019. I had occasion to think of it on Wednesday night.
Few Democrats would allow that they share the view imputed to them by Frum. But many among the party’s progressive vanguard clearly do hold that position, and many mainstream liberals continue to doggedly resist any compromise with Republicans to secure the border unless it comes packaged with legal status for illegal immigrants who are already here.
Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.
