Subject: Re: Minnesota 1, Spankee 0
Also, I have to respectfully disagree on MAGA. They're running the government right now, so they clearly are the majority.

They're the majority of the majority - but that doesn't mean they themselves are the majority of the entire population. If you're 60% of 60%, you'll run the government - but be only about a third of the people, and not nearly enough to be a majority coalition just by yourself.

Also, you are implying that the right is OK with the exploitive nature of the current system? Wink wink, nudge nudge "we want the illegals gone". The implication is they want their labor but for them to have no recourse other than deportation if they get "uppity".

There's no monolithic "the right" on an issue like illegal immigration. There are different factions on the right that have different opinions about illegal immigration, and what they dislike about it. There are nativist MAGA's, who would be perfectly happy with whatever consequences come from mass deportations. There are the business conservatives who want a workforce for their ag, hospitality, and construction industries.

And then there are the social conservatives who are generally against illegal immigration but don't feel strongly enough about the otherwise law-abiding folks who are here without authorization to be willing to actually suffer any consequences. These are the analogs to the left-of-center folks in the Democratic coalition who want the government to do something about climate change, but don't want to bear any significant economic costs. They want a certain policy - and genuinely want it - but get very upset if that policy ends up causing any negative unintended consequences.