Unraveling the MAGA Alliance: Visa Controversies and Social Media Fallout

On Christmas Eve a fracas erupted on X, when Elon Musk posted in favor of H1-B visas for specialized and high-skill workers and was met with anger from the MAGA base who view the visas as a way for immigrants to take American jobs.

Guest: Ryan Mac, tech reporter for The New York Times and the coauthor of the book “Character Limit How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter.”

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Ethan Oberman, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth.

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