In GOP ads, 'invasion' language is everywhere

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GOP ads in the midterms have become a cesspool of vile language about immigration, including plenty of "invasion" talk and even some "great replacement" tropes. We looked at some of these ads, with help from a new @AmericasVoice report. It's ugly stuff.

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Opinion | In GOP ads, ‘invasion’ language is everywhere
Republicans say they want to talk about inflation, but they flood the airwaves with inflammatory immigration rhetoric.
2:15 PM · Sep 1, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/republican-immigration-ads-invasion/

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When Republicans are asked about midterm election campaign issues that make them squirm, they have a ready answer. Never mind abortion rights or Donald Trump’s legal travails, they say — we’re running on inflation. The GOP will win control of Congress on gas and grocery prices, and that’s what they’re laser-focused on.

But over the airwaves and online, another story is playing out: an absolute torrent of ads meant to frighten and anger voters about immigration.

A new report from the pro-immigration group America’s Voice seeks to document this ongoing phenomenon. One of its key conclusions: “Republicans have made their nativist narrative a top messaging priority.”

In the world of Republican campaign ads, very little has changed since the xenophobic Trump presidency, and some of what’s in these ads is truly repellent.

Three themes dominate these ads, the report finds, and they are all wildly inflammatory and profoundly dishonest: The Biden administration has created “open borders,” undocumented immigrants are responsible for fentanyl overdoses, and a full-blown “invasion” is underway.

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[uponit7771]

1. Terrorist gotta stoke violence ...

[Irish_Dem]

2. This is the same propaganda Putin pushes all over Europe to divide countries.

He causes wars and strife all over the globe, forcing immigrants to flood Europe, then uses the issue, fear and hatred, to install his puppets in local and national elections.

Everyone falls for it over and over again.

[Turbineguy]

3. An invasion of smart hardworking people

As opposed to infiltration of RW school graduates to hobble Federal agencies.