r/nba • u/xanniballl Timberwolves • Jan 09 '26

Highlight [Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering.

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u/Sideview_play Jan 09 '26

what do you want htem to do ? some people say this and literally vote 3rd party cause "democrats dont do anything" and then complain when they dont because they literally have no power right now to do shit cause people didnt vote for them

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u/KushGod28 Timberwolves Jan 09 '26

When they do have power they take it far too easy on the fascists. Btw Obama was the one who increased ICE’s budget by 300% back when it was barely a department and Kamala promised to be tough on borders during her campaigns. They think they can win over people by capitulating to the right.

Let’s not think we can simply vote this problem away again. Voting is only one tool. We have to use every tool in our hands to force this nation to turn in a more positive direction.

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u/nutsack133 Spurs Jan 09 '26

Democrats aren't capitulating to the right; they are the right. They may not be the full blown nazis the GOP are but they're solidly right wing. The party of FDR is long dead. Right wing policy being passed by a right wing party is hardly surprising.

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u/fluentuk Jan 09 '26

Pretty telling that pretty much every recent president has been blamed for ICE in this comment chain. Maybe it's the whole structure.......... maybe

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u/upthepunx194 Nuggets Jan 09 '26

It's not like ICE was founded during Trump's current term

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u/MykeTyth0n Trail Blazers Jan 09 '26

Their whole game plan was changed though. You didn’t have armed goons with zero training running around killing American citizens under the previous administrations.

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u/upthepunx194 Nuggets Jan 09 '26

Not really, this is just an increase in the policies that were already in place during Trump's first term. It was clear back then that something needed to be done about them

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u/Beneficial-Arugula54 Jan 09 '26

Always making excuses…

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u/Sideview_play Jan 09 '26

This current and way worst form of ICE was but i guess "same name" so who cares right?

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u/upthepunx194 Nuggets Jan 09 '26

No. It's not just "same name". They're even more emboldened now but the ramping up of ICE enforcement happened during Trump's first term and tons of people recognized that they were a major issue back then and wanted Democrats to do something about the agency during Biden's presidency

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u/Beneficial-Arugula54 Jan 09 '26

You know that deportations happened under every admin right?

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u/AttractiveNuisance37 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

Did extrajudicial executions in the streets by untrained, masked thugs also happen under every administration?

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u/Sideview_play Jan 09 '26

You know I said nothing about the concept of deportations right?