Debate preview - what to fear about the politics of fear
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I’ll be live-blogging the debate with Seth Masket of the Tusk substack here tomorrow. Last week, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would bring up “Biden migrant killings” at the first presidential debate of the season, with airs on CNN tonight. This phrase is as pithy as it is misleading; the fact that immigrants do not commit crimes at higher rates than the native-born population is well-documented. But rather than doing a full debate preview, I’m going to look at what research says these kinds of appeals can and can’t do.
Debate preview - what to fear about the politics of fear
Debate preview - what to fear about the…
Debate preview - what to fear about the politics of fear
I’ll be live-blogging the debate with Seth Masket of the Tusk substack here tomorrow. Last week, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would bring up “Biden migrant killings” at the first presidential debate of the season, with airs on CNN tonight. This phrase is as pithy as it is misleading; the fact that immigrants do not commit crimes at higher rates than the native-born population is well-documented. But rather than doing a full debate preview, I’m going to look at what research says these kinds of appeals can and can’t do.