• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I always appreciate fact checking. Just want to add some context in case people don’t read the article. Marco Rubio did not say that quote. However, he would be impacted by revoking birthright citizenship, which is what MAGA is pushing for.

    According to immigration documents Politico reported, Rubio’s parents came to the U.S. on immigrant visas in 1956 and became citizens in 1975. Rubio was born in 1971 to parents who, at that point, had legal status but not citizenship in the U.S., according to Politico’s report.

    So I view this more as a leopards ate my face situation. While he didn’t say what the meme quoted him as saying, he is a part of this administration which is pushing to revoke the citizenship of millions of people. He’s likely hoping that they don’t succeed or if they do, they’ll see him as “one of the good ones”.