There’s a lot of repellent stuff in these tweets, but it’s interesting that Trump presumes Ayanna Pressley (born in Chicago), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born in NYC), and Rashida Tlaib (born in Detroit) were not born in the USA. pic.twitter.com/2vHjEnMdRs— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 14, 2019
This blog continues the discussion we began with Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).The next book in this series is The Comeback: the 2024 Elections and American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Born in the USA
In Defying the Odds, we discuss Trump's character. The update -- recently published --includes a chapter on the 2018 midterms.
AOC's dad was born in the Bronx. Her mom was born in Puerto Rico, which is also part of the United States.
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political science,
Politics,
Race,
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