8/8
I ask you to join me in condemning these words. Contact your Senators and Representative. Let them know you will not accept this dangerous rhetoric in our democracy.
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7/8
When leaders decide who "deserves" to belong, we open the door to persecution and repeat past tragedies. Citizenship should never be used to silence or control. We must say this clearly.

6/8
The U.S. tried revoking citizenship to silence critics before, but Supreme Court rulings made clear: citizenship cannot be stripped for political disagreement. It is not a tool for revenge.

5/8
In Vichy France, authorities stripped citizenship from Jews and refugees, collaborating with Nazis to persecute and erase those seen as threats.
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4/8
In Fascist Italy, Mussolini’s regime revoked citizenship to punish political enemies and marginalized groups, helping consolidate power and eliminate opposition.
www.scirp.org/journal/pape...

3/8
In Nazi Germany, the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews and critics of citizenship to isolate, silence, and persecute them. Legal status was the first step toward atrocities.
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2/8
History shows us where this leads. Citizenship revocation has been used to punish dissent and crush opposition, opening the door to authoritarian rule and violence.

11/11
This rhetoric is not just tough talk. It divides, glorifies a pure past, & treats dissent as betrayal. Similar frameworks were historically used to turn citizens against each other & seize power. We must see this hatred clearly & reject it to prevent history's worst atrocities from returning.

10/11
All of this builds to a dangerous framework. He defines enemies, idolizes a purified national identity, and insists only one movement can “save” America. His “Who the hell does he think he is?” line was aimed at Zohran Mamdani but reveals deeper disdain for dissent.

9/11
His talk of “shared heritage,” “manners and customs,” and cultural continuity signals support for an America united by a singular racial and cultural identity. It opposes a diverse, pluralistic nation and favors a narrowly defined, exclusionary ideal.

8/11
He defends restricting benefits and voting rights to “true” citizens, criticizing states that support “illegal aliens.” While framed as protection, his record shows this rhetoric is often used to justify voter suppression and deny support to marginalized groups.

7/11
He romanticizes America as perfect and finished, rejecting “contradictory” or “unfinished” views. He praises settlers “taming the wilderness” and “carving civilization,” using language that erases Indigenous genocide and echoes racist colonial rhetoric.

6/11
Vance explicitly ties legitimacy to ancestry. He says those whose ancestors fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars “have a hell of a lot more claim over America” than liberals today. Heritage becomes a gatekeeping weapon to define who belongs.

5/11
He claims immigration destroys social bonds. “Stop importing millions of foreigners… allow social cohesion to form naturally,” he says. Immigrants are framed as threats, preventing “true” American community from forming.

4/11
On economics, he says, “If tariffs are the stick, then lower taxes and regulations are the carrots.” He frames economic nationalism as a moral duty to protect American workers from “foreigners” and global elites who “use workers of foreign countries over our own.”

3/11
Vance calls for statesmanship focused on a “positive vision,” but defines it as his side building and the left destroying. He says, “They are trying to tear something down” while conservatives “must create.” This frames only one side as legitimate.

2/11
He frames the left as hateful and dangerous. He says the far-left is united by “hatred,” not ideas, and calls them “arsonists” who will “make common cause with anyone willing to light the match.” This is not policy debate. It’s a call to see them as enemies.

9/11
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”
Tax policies pushed through without real debate overwhelmingly favor billionaires and corporations over working people. These decisions betray the promise of representation and fairness.
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