MS NOW's Chris Hayes unmasks MAGA's new 'obsession' after major Supreme Court loss
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No sooner did the Supreme Court strike down President Donald Trump's executive order abolishing birthright citizenship , than MAGA politicians and pundits suddenly developed a fixation with "birth tourism" — the idea, grossly exaggerated, that there are thousands of women coming to America eight or nine months pregnant, intending to give birth and get American citizenship for their child.
But there's a cynical logic at the heart of why they suddenly pivoted to this issue, MS NOW's Chris Hayes pointed out on Wednesday. "The Supreme Court decided narrowly yesterday, way too narrowly, that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution means what it plainly says: if you're born in this country, you are a citizen of this country, you are American.
That's it. No ifs, ands, or buts," said Hayes. In resp...
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