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Post-Election Truths of the Caravan

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

León Krauze talks to Karla Zabludovsky, Mexico Bureau Chief and Latin American correspondent for Buzzfeed News, who has been on the ground with the migrant caravan the conservative media focused on so heavily this election. They explore how the caravan formed, how the coverage began, Mexico’s treatment of Central Americans, and one important, non-hype message people should take away from this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2

No, there was not a caravan that was invading the United States.

0:32.6

I had to put that plainly.

0:33.7

I will say that I interviewed some Trump supporters who were in a gated retirement community

0:38.9

in South Florida who were scared that this caravan was going to come and bring all sorts

0:42.6

of diseases to them.

0:43.8

And the president essentially feels as though he was validated in running that campaign

0:47.6

of fear because Republicans were able to keep control of the Senate and even gain a couple

0:51.6

seats.

0:53.3

If you talk to people who are on the side of the Trump administration, for example,

1:00.0

supportive of his decisions, they will say that this, yes, is a symbolic position to put,

1:05.4

you know, barbed wire fencing.

1:07.0

It's to show people we mean business.

1:08.7

We are serious.

1:09.7

There is a presence here.

1:10.7

But for those people who are on the opposite side of that opinion, they say this really

1:14.6

does nothing but waste our money and waste our troops' time.

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