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200. Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Will Backfire
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Megyn Kelly and the Ugliest End of the Debate
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Katty Kay introduces a clip from Megyn Kelly that, she argues, reveals where anti-immigration rhetoric is heading: 'Go home. Get out. We know our country is better than yours. Go back to fucking Haiti.' [1] — Katty Kay "Megyn Kelly told Haitian migrants to 'go back to fucking Haiti' on her show. Meanwhile, factory managers in Springfield were begging for mo…" 14:19 The contrast she draws is damning. The very employers in Springfield who famously suffered the 'eating the dogs and cats' slander against Haitian migrants are on record pleading for more of them — managers describe Haitian workers as punctual, drug-free, and harder-working than their native-born counterparts. Scaramucci's explanation for Kelly's rhetoric is cynical but clinical: she's feeding her audience exactly what they want — high-octane candy, or cocaine, as he puts it — and privately may not believe a word of it. He reflects on encounters with right-wing pundits who admitted off-camera that their on-air positions were purely for the audience. Scaramucci distances himself sharply, saying he never wants to be that person.
Trump is a cue ball that smashes the Democrats into 15 different directions. Scaramucci's verdict is stark: until Democrats coordinate around one candidate and stop feeding internal ideological warfare, Trump will keep controlling them remotely — the same way Putin runs Trump.
