Republicans: Don't Politicize Tragedies! (Unless They Involve Muslims)

Republicans have bullsh*t down to a science. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT: https://goo.gl/v8E64M

"President Donald Trump and other conservatives may have professed reluctance to "politicize" other mass shootings by mentioning gun control, but that didn't stop the president from jumping all over the New York City terrorist attack to call for more restrictive immigration policies.

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There have been multiple previous efforts from the right-wing to repeal the program, most recently when Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., proposed the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act. The White House supported that bill and said in a statement that the Diversity Visa lottery program was "outdated" and "serves questionable economic and humanitarian interests.”

According to Anna O. Law, a political scientist and the author of "The Immigration Battle in American Courts," the right-wing opposition to the Diversity Visa Lottery misunderstands the complicated history of that legislation — one that has nothing to do with "political correctness," regardless of what Trump might want to believe.”*

Read more here: https://www.salon.com/2017/11/01/unlike-vegas-trump-is-politicizing-the-new-york-city-attack-and-getting-it-wrong/

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola

Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola

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