Transcript: Trump-MAGA Rage at Birthright Loss Erupts in Dark Threats
Pinto: And not only that, but ending birthright citizenship would have again left them without a real home, despite the fact that their parents may have been in the country for a long period of time. The Fourteenth Amendment is very clear, and Justice Roberts says, We are grounding this decision on the Constitution. And that’s important.
Sargent: It was really important that he said that. I just want to return to something that you said earlier, which really resonated with me, which is that Donald Trump has actually succeeded in “securing the border.” He’s used a lot of tactics that are obviously heinous and indefensible. But what’s interesting to me is that MAGA can’t even accept that as a victory.
Trump constantly says he’s reduced border crossings to zero or whatever—that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s true that he’s gotten them way down. And MAGA can’t say to themselves, Well, we won on that, we got what we wanted, because they need to feel like they’re being invaded by immigrants at all times.
