As Delta spreads, Republicans adopt Trump's demagoguery and blame immigrants | Robert Reich

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In the last week, Fox News's Sean Hannity has asserted the "biggest super-spreader" is immigrants streaming over the southern border rather than the lack of vaccinations.
43% : International travel rather than immigration over the southern border brought the viruses to America.
40% : But with unvaccinated Americans - notably and conspicuously residents of states and counties that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020 - succumbing to the Delta strain in large numbers, Trump Republicans are falling back on their proven method of deflecting attention by blaming immigrants crossing the southern border.
21% : Trump Republicans are falling back on their proven method of deflecting attention by blaming immigrants crossing the southern border
20% : The Washington Examiner asserts "Biden hypocrisy endangers American lives on southern border."
8% : As hospitalizations in Florida surged past 12,000 this week, exceeding a record already shattered last weekend, Florida governor Ron DeSantis accused Joe Biden of facilitating the virus by not reducing immigration through the southern border.

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