Bob said, First point, two words: Jussie Smollett.
I am not sure I get it. Jussie Smollett was a desperate pathetic guy trying to save his acting gig. He wasn't part of the government and making policy that the rest of the country has to live with. He is disgraced and will probably have a difficult time getting a job bagging groceries.
Bob said, Why were those questions on the census back then? Was Clinton a racist?
The question back then was what ethnic group do you belong to. Here is the question Grand Dragon Trump tried to have inserted.
Here is what is required by the Constitution:
Section 2 of the 14th Amendment amended Article I, Section 2 to include that the "respective Numbers" of the "several States" will be determined by "counting the whole number of persons in each State... This includes everyone both citizens and non-citizens. There is no legal or logical reason to ask the question.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claimed he wanted the new question on citizenship to help better enforce the Voting Rights Act so he could help better protect minority voters’ rights. Ross and several DOJ Attorneys committed perjury when they claimed in court and in testimony to Congress that the VRA was the reason they were including this question.
Come to find out Thomas Hofeller (known as the Republican map maker) was behind this question being added. He died and his daughter released the files on his hard drive. These files included,
"... an unpublished study by Hofeller saying a census citizenship question would be needed to get data that could then “be advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites” in redistricting. Additionally, there’s a paragraph in his files that’s identical to the Commerce Department’s language in a draft of their letter about adding the question to the census.
Which lead to:
“Plaintiffs’ new evidence potentially connects the dots between a discriminatory purpose — diluting Hispanics’ political power — and Secretary Ross’s decision,” Hazel wrote on June 24. “As more puzzle pieces are placed on the mat, a disturbing picture of the decisionmakers’ motives takes shape.”
Source
There was also correspondence (emails) back and forth between Hoefeller Trump administration officials and Republican party officials discussing how they were using this question to target Latinos. They thought the question would discourage them to fill out the census and help them hold onto power. If you close your eyes to this Bob and continue to support Trump and the Republican party, you are supporting unrepentant racists who intentionally tried to rig the U.S. government to discriminate against Latinos.
Bob said, Where is this "Border Patrols secret website"?
It was on Facebook. It has been widely reported on. The Border Patrol acknowledged its existence when Carla Provost, head of the agency, acknowledged, "These posts are completely inappropriate and contrary to the honor and integrity I see — and expect — from our agents day in and day out... Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable.”
It has just been discovered that Provost herself was a member of the group and actively participated in it. Source
The group had about 9,500 active members comprised of current Border Patrol agents and former Border Patrol agents. As of 2017, there were 19,437 Border Patrol Agents meaning as many as 40% - 45% of the active agents were members of this group. If that high of a percentage of your agents are a part of this openly racist group and the head of your agency is too, then the entire organization is hopelessly racist and corrupt. Everyone needs to be fired and the entire organization needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
