The Great Replacement Comes to the Midwest | 9⧸12⧸24
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Summary
Every presidential campaign has its make-or-break moments. And in 2024, that moment may have come in the form of a small midwestern town in Ohio. Until a few years ago, Springfield was a town of roughly 60,000 people. But the sudden addition of 20,000 new residents has caused an upheaval.
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Every presidential campaign has its make-or-break moments,
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and in 2024, that moment may have come in the form of a small midwestern town in Ohio.
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Until a few years ago, Springfield was a town of roughly 60,000 people,
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but the sudden addition of 20,000 new residents caused an upheaval.
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many of which entered the country under temporary protected status
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during the Biden and Harris administration, have settled in the town.
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Crime has skyrocketed, health and educational services are overwhelmed,
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and some residents are even reporting their pets being abducted and possibly consumed on social media.
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With just a few months before the presidential election,
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Springfield has become the personification of everything wrong with the radical replacement migration policy
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that the Democrats have enacted while controlling the White House.
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Border security has been a disaster in the United States for a long time.
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Decade after decade, waves of illegal immigrants have been allowed over the border,
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but the frog that is boiled slowly is less likely to jump out of the pot.
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The cultural and demographic shift of the nation has been slow but steady,
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and the worst effects have been concentrated in border states,
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Residents of Florida or Texas were perfectly aware of the danger,
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but those in the Midwest or the Northeast could largely ignore the issue.
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Now that refugee resettlement, sponsored by the federal government,
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and the rapid transformation of a city like Springfield
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only highlights how devastating the process has become.
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Vice presidential candidate and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance
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has mentioned the trajectory of Springfield in several speeches,
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but the plight of the town gained significant traction
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after a video of an elderly woman speaking at her local city council meeting went viral.
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The woman expressed fear that she and her elderly husband
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couldn't protect themselves from the homeless men
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that were now squatting in their yard who didn't speak English.
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Several social media posts also revealed local residents
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reporting intimidation by cars full of strange men,
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after a Haitian man ran their school bus off the road.
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Crime has exploded over the last few years in Springfield
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with FBI crime statistics showing a 242% increase between 2019 and 2022.
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The city's educational system has been overwhelmed,
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seeing a jump from 250 to 1,600 non-English-speaking students.
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Medical services have also struggled to keep pace,
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with one facility reporting $436,000 in expenses for new translators
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along with a tripling of the standard wait time to see patients.
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Residents are finding themselves priced out of entry-level housing
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and working-class jobs as they're forced to compete with alien migrants.
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Any town facing a one-third increase in its population
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would experience serious infrastructure issues,
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but the radical culture clash with new arrivals
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has made an already difficult adjustment an absolute nightmare.
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When I found out my friend got a great deal on a designer dress from Winners,
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Like that woman over there with the Italian leather handbag.
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The sad fact is that Springfield is far from alone.
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that a large number of illegal Haitian immigrants
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The council president gaveled the meeting to a close
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as attendees shouted down the local government representatives
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that has been visited upon border towns for decades
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is now coming to several dozen cities and towns
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the federal government is not simply a passive enabler,
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but a malicious actor facilitating a massive crime
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in order to avoid cynical accusations of racism.
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But replacement migration is simply the standard policy
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the left will have tens of millions of new voters