Brandon Darby

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Yep. 100 percent. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

No. It isn’t racism behind the anger and frustration over cartels, but the open calls to send missiles into Mexico without concern for the communities that those missiles land in? Yeah, that requires some serious othering— seeing innocent Mexicans as less than us. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@twtChaz @WalshFreedom @TuckerCarlson @SpeakerMcCarthy He should discuss his change. Everyone can change. But he can’t just delete tweets and lecture people for what he himself did recently. https://t.co/tZNR4n4RuQ — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@TortugaEP Where do I live? I’d suggest you don’t adopt act out on your implied threat. You got the wrong dude for that kind of stuff. Learn to use your words. Sad to have to say that to an adult. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@bad_tits I don’t think anyone deserves to be kidnapped regardless. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

No, I didn’t say that. You are the one who clearly did not read what I typed. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@BowTiedFun I’ve read that they claim they were there for cheap surgery. Im not certain on criminal histories as of yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

In general, it makes someone look irrational and immature when they ask a question and respond to the assumed answer prior to receiving one. It’s not a great way to communicate. It’s somewhat hostile and emotional. Hope that helps and have a nice day. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Me today: https://t.co/4jRiliPvfR — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@occhipig But they’re not. Too many are way too eager to make such calls for war without caring about the innocent who would be affected. And yes, I think we’d handle that differently — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@martinmore33 They wouldn’t need to. They find plenty of US citizens willing to take their money. That said, our current way is fueling those cartels and making them richer. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

No, I’m still someone who believes in due process and innocent until proven guilty. I’m not really into the Chinese/North Korean way of doing things. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

5. All the while, we have to remember that China is competing with us for influence in Mexico. China got their communications infrastructure deal. China wants them to be in Chinese sphere of influence. Acting like we own Mexico or rule Mexico will not work out well for us. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@sdemarco89 I think you might have misunderstood my words — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

4. In a nation with rampant corruption, bad guys can buy authorities— but good guys can too. It’s a matter for intel agencies and law enforcement agencies— not missiles and marines. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

3. Out intelligence community, along with law enforcement agencies, would need to be more aggressive and treat certain individuals and certain cells as though they are foreign terrorists. That would require less focus on State dept diplomatic concerns and more on intel/LE… — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

2. Yes, we would need barriers built in more areas. The existing security apparatus would be able to work in between ports of entry and not be bogged down with so many workers and families. People quit going home because they can’t get back if they do. Their families come because… — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

1. The single biggest thing we could do to help secure the border is to implement massive legal guest worker programs. Most people would legally come and go home. Only the worst of the worst would cross in between ports of entry and could be prioritized instead of what we have. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Seriously. This reminds me of some of my right-of-center brethren yelling about how many poor Americans we could help instead of other countries as they simultaneously yell for cutting aid to poor Americans. Cognitive dissonance. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

I’ve been signed up for press releases from the US Attorneys office and federal law enforcement for many years. I see nonstop prosecutions related to this. So, we are doing that. Our system is overwhelmed. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

How many Americans could get treatment for the cost of a cruise missile? How much harm reduction could we do to get addicts through active addiction more safely? Some advocate for war on behalf of US drug addicts, yet they refuse to actually do things that help addicts. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Nothing shows how much you disregard the lives of brown people in Mexico like advocating for the US military to blow up their cities, towns, and villages so the drugs Americans want can’t get to them. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Geraldo just said “Do we want war with Mexico?” Sir, respectfully, you’re not in the same place as you were during the Al Capone Vault special. You don’t have to ask stupid questions any longer to get people to stay tuned-in during a commercial break. That is asinine. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Exactly. It is just as possible that the Americans were innocent, fled a cartel checkpoint, got shot at and then taken when cartel realized they’d be in trouble for killing gringos as it is that the Americans were involved in drug trade. We don’t know yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@Annamaebe That’s called an irrational emotional appeal absent facts. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@bigredmatt1011 It’s difficult to prove guilt when the actions occur in a place where you don’t have access. There are constant prosecutions involving this stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

@LisaLuvsLiberty They say that. Maybe it’s true and maybe it isn’t. Historically, when Americans go to buy drugs in Mexico, they always say things like that. That said, so do people who are going to get procedures. We don’t know yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

That’s not a well-thought response. Switch to decaf, bro. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

If innocent Americans are kidnapped, that’s a very different situation than if Americans were kidnapped because they had cash to buy fentanyl from Gulf cartel. Like a US soldier dying in Afghanistan vs a John Walker Lind. Not sure how your brain thought as it did. — PolitiTweet.org

Brandon Darby @brandondarby

Before you go calling for war over the 4 kidnapped Americans in Mexico, you might want to wait for more information on why they were there and what they were doing. Just a thought. — PolitiTweet.org