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DownriverDem

(6,866 posts)
83. My grandmother
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 08:27 PM
Friday

never became a US citizen and lived on a green card for many decades. She stayed a Canadian her whole life.

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Should a thought about what 11 million people look like UpInArms Friday #1
Take off, eh. JanMichael Friday #2
Yep. My empathy goes to those more deserving. Poor kid though, born in the wrong household. TheBlackAdder Friday #78
Face, meet leopard. B.See Saturday #89
Man, I wish he had cared about others lostnfound Friday #3
It's not "manly" to have empathy wolfie001 Friday #8
Empathy has always been an enemy of heartless plutocrats nt lostnfound Friday #14
And fat-headed Musk told him empathy would be the downfall of Western civilization William Seger Friday #17
Yes, it's VERY hard if you lack the empathy gene William Seger Friday #19
Welp ... Scrivener7 Friday #4
yeah... I bet he thought of the kids of other immigrants as "anchor babies'" but his are just "Americans" Demovictory9 Friday #5
He thought his skin color was his free pass wolfie001 Friday #9
yep. American accent, white skin, good ole boy beard... that was his ticket to travel across borders Demovictory9 Friday #11
Now I'm wondering if he wasn't bringing in fentanyl wolfie001 Friday #50
Broke-ass white guy voting for the fatso orange imbecile means...... wolfie001 Friday #6
I mean, he didn't vote Prairie Gates Friday #23
If he could have, he would have voted for Trump. Aristus Friday #45
Ding! Ding! Boom! wolfie001 Friday #49
Kind of a knee-jerked reaction but you get my drift wolfie001 Friday #48
. irisblue Friday #7
FAFO, MAGAt. Prof. Toru Tanaka Friday #10
We, in Canada don't want to be saddled with his ass. We don't like Maga here. Bev54 Friday #40
Would it be rude to laugh at him? mwb970 Friday #12
My second time saying this today, Conjuay Friday #61
Or, Be Leave On Friday #71
He's been here 40 years, and hasn't bothered to become a naturalized citizen? GoCubsGo Friday #13
I've known of a few that have lived here for years on a green card fujiyamasan Friday #15
People have plenty of good reasons for staying here many years, even their whole lives, Prairie Gates Friday #26
I have friends who are born in Germany and living here on a green card for more than 60 years FakeNoose Friday #18
Agree 100% Thank you! Prairie Gates Friday #28
I have a friend who was Canadian and in 2002 after living in the US with a permanent green card Hope22 Friday #64
Oh my that's terrible the way they treated your friend, like she was a terrorist or something FakeNoose Friday #68
It was a surprise to all of us Hope22 Friday #77
At least a few get it DFW Saturday #87
Probably hoped to benefit somehow from keeping his Canadian citizenship. yardwork Friday #21
Probably remained a citizen for the free health care mdbl Friday #34
I'm not sure you get that if you haven't lived in Canada and contributed. yardwork Friday #63
His criminal record might have been an impediment. Mariana Friday #79
My grandmother DownriverDem Friday #83
He had no problem mgardener Friday #16
Nope, I hope the whole lot get deported IbogaProject Friday #74
Immigrant MAGAts can go F themselves IronLionZion Friday #20
Pretty much the definition of an arbitrary and capricious administrative action Prairie Gates Friday #22
Although I completely understand having moniss Friday #24
A foreigner coming to this country and committing crimes? whopis01 Friday #25
What's needed is that kairos12 Friday #27
He was actually buying the "unified country" promise? nuxvomica Friday #29
Exactly! Dark n Stormy Knight Saturday #88
Good. Fuck him. hatrack Friday #30
This year, it's any foreign born resident Torchlight Friday #31
Sucks to be you. Just wait until your 5 little darlings have their collective asses chucked out and Scalded Nun Friday #32
Well at least we gained more Democratic votes Bluestocking Friday #33
Doubt it...she won't change. She probably is a Trump supporter too. Dan Friday #57
He's an idiot if he thought Trump would build a "strong, unified country" Martin Eden Friday #35
Do you get it yet? travelingthrulife Friday #36
See Bev54's comment above. Prof. Toru Tanaka Friday #66
I love these stories Pototan Friday #37
Not ro smart politically for sure. BradBo Friday #38
Because I have become cynical as hell kkmarie Friday #39
Or he's just dumb. Bluesaph Saturday #86
Am I supposed to be unhappy a MAGA voter is gone? Bluetus Friday #41
He's not a citizen...he couldn't and didn't vote Prairie Gates Friday #44
Cry me a river Gingermolly Friday #42
Having a hard time giving a shit Stuckinthebush Friday #43
According to Canadian EarthboneArt Friday #46
What was done to him is wrong KentuckyWoman Friday #47
Agreed Prairie Gates Friday #54
A new member of the Leopards Eating People's Face Party LetMyPeopleVote Friday #51
He gets to live in Canada and he's complaining? Blues Heron Friday #52
He's white, though, so he wasn't sent to a Salvadoran gulag viva la Friday #53
Why after Rebl2 Friday #55
Tough shit. I do not care. Oopsie Daisy Friday #56
NOT a 'NH Man' .... Congratulations! You got what you wanted... Trump in the WH. Norrrm Friday #58
Taking one for the team. Thank you for your service. Hotler Friday #59
Pack your shit and gtfo Hornedfrog2000 Friday #60
He forgot the words to the MAGA chant. "USA! USA!" Ping Tung Friday #62
Come On MorbidButterflyTat Friday #65
See ya! dlilafae Friday #67
too bad poozwah Friday #69
You had the choice, you intentionally chose wrong. Excuse me while I find the world's tiniest violin. Initech Friday #70
FO. GaYellowDawg Friday #72
Later dude IbogaProject Friday #73
whatever MAGA(t).... democratsruletheday Friday #75
I hear Banff is nice Blues Heron Friday #76
Fucking Trump YoshidaYui Friday #80
Lucky guy. SidneyR Friday #81
You had the choice, you chose wrong. Excuse me while I find the world's smallest violin. Initech Friday #82
Sad! Aussie105 Friday #84
Amazing how the felon-in-chief has seen the light about "crime" LearnedHand Saturday #85
An immigrant MAGA, if that ain't a oxymoron. Hilarious, not a millimeter of sympathy from me. OverBurn Saturday #90
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