They said, why don't we just focus on these other issues? Mistake. I call this oppositional mirroring, the tendency to become the mirror of whatever you're politically fighting. And I think on immigration, Democrats really became Trump's mirror. He was cruel. They were going to be, be compassionate. He tried to close it. They were not quite going to open it, but they began debating, decriminalizing, border crossing. Right. There was a lot that was reactive. (1:16:00–1:16:05)
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