{"id":35435,"date":"2017-01-31T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=35435"},"modified":"2017-01-30T23:49:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T04:49:49","slug":"because-facts-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/because-facts-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Because Facts Matter …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump’s plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico is even more foolish than it seems on the surface because unauthorized immigration from Mexico is at a 40+ year low, as has been reported many times by many sources. Trump’s claims about Mexican immigrants pouring into the country have always been bald-faced lies. I wrote about this fact on The Activist Playbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE MEXICAN IMMIGRATION MYTH.<\/a><\/p>\n

Separately, on Sunday,\u00a0 Starbucks pledged to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide over the next five years<\/a>. Yesterday, pro-Trump, anti-refugee websites started posting #BoycottStarbucks on social media. The hashtag was quickly and amusingly hijacked by people who were in favor of Starbucks<\/a>. While reading the funny tweets, I came across a few that criticized Starbucks for helping refugees instead of veterans.<\/p>\n

Well, here are the facts: In 2014, Starbucks announced it would hire 10,000 vets and military spouses by 2018<\/a>. (Just over a year later, Starbucks had hired 5,500<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The critics were “concern trolling<\/a>” — disingenuously expressing concern about an issue in order to undermine the positive news. If they truly cared about vets, they would have celebrated, and remembered, the 2014 Starbucks pledge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump’s plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico is even more foolish than it seems on the surface because unauthorized immigration from Mexico is at a 40+ year low, as has been reported many times by many sources. Trump’s claims about Mexican immigrants pouring into the country have always been bald-faced lies….<\/p>\n

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