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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐: ๐ ๐๐๐
On CNN, host Abby Phillip teed up the now-standard left framing on ICE enforcement:
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ด? ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.โ
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๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ: โ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ-๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.โ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ. During the Obama years, CNN, NBC, and the rest of the cable apparatus ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ, filmed the arrests, ran them as ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, and never once described any of it as โ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด.โ The legal authority is identical. The agencies are the same. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐.
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: the narrative manufacturing operation, not the policy. ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ, and the same outlets ran human-interest profiles of the ICE officers doing it. The moment the administration changed letters at the top, ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ โ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆโ.
๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. Thatโs why polling on ICE is upside-down for the activist left, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐๐, and why Abby Phillipโs framing now gets a live audience pushback she didnโt used to get.
๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ค. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ.