The same party that built its entire campaign on mass deportation is now telling its own members to

The same party that built its entire campaign on mass deportation is now telling its own members to stop talking about it. ⚖️ A recent article in The New York Times explains that at a private retreat in Florida, top Republican officials advised lawmakers to stop using the phrase “mass deportation” ahead of the midterms. Speaker Mike Johnson publicly admitted the party has a problem with Hispanic and Latino voters because immigration enforcement was viewed as overzealous. James Blair, a Trump deputy chief of staff, told lawmakers to focus only on deporting immigrants accused of violent crimes instead of promoting the broader deportation agenda. The government’s own statistics show that violent criminals have been only a tiny fraction of those deported. This is the same administration raiding homes, separating families, and detaining people with pending asylum cases. They are not backing away because they believe it was wrong. They are backing away because voters are turning against them on this issue. 📊 Polls show that sixty-three percent of voters disapprove of how ICE has been operating, and even some Republicans admit the agency has gone too far. The shooting deaths of two American citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis made it impossible to ignore the human cost of these policies. Even Trump barely mentioned deportations at the retreat after spending last year making it his central promise. The party that chanted “mass deportation” at its convention is now coaching its members to pretend that was never the plan. They are not changing the policy. Changing the talking points does not change the deportation flights, the detention centers, or the fear that families wake up to every morning. 💔