This chapter explores how politicians manipulate anti-immigrant sentiments, claiming to address constituent concerns that are often rooted in a narrow, racially motivated agenda. It critiques the media's complicity in these narratives and highlights the consequences for public discourse and policy-making.
In this public News Brief, we examine rightwing media's shameful incitement campaign against Haitian migrants and J.D. Vance's smarmy, grating rhetorical tactic of blaming nameless "constituents" for his stoking of a hate mob.