Today's left lives for identity politics. Without the suffixes “-ism” or “-phobia,” Democrats would have to defend unpopular policies such as child genital mutilation and open borders. The 2024 election showed just how ill-prepared they are to do that.

Since the election, having abandoned the soul-searching that normally follows a loss, they are already back to spasmodically shouting and tweeting out buzzwords and prefab talking points. Nowhere is that more apparent right now than in the debate around immigration and the rapid mass deportation of criminals just initiated by the Trump administration.

President Trump was quite clear about his plans regarding the millions of illegal immigrants who were welcomed into the country by the Biden administration's policy choices. Everyone heard the promise of “mass deportations," and they heard it in so many words that they cannot be shocked.

Deportation, a concept almost as old as civilization itself, has somehow become a new outrage. Democrats went berserk over the idea of aggressively removing criminals — including convicted child rapists, murderers, gang members and repeat drunk drivers — who have been in the country illegally.

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