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The words «legal» and «illegal» are not interchangeable. They do not mean the same thing. So why do most Democratic politicians twist themselves into knots trying to avoid using the word «illegal» when talking about someone who enters the country without the proper documentation and permission of the United States government?
It’s mind-boggling. They are «undocumented,» not «illegal.» We’re told that it hurts the feelings of illegal aliens to be called «illegal.»
I’m as empathetic as the next person but I think that’s a ludicrous reason to redefine the most accurate term that applies to people crossing the U.S. border without permission.
Joe Biden is an old man. He remembers calling illegal aliens «illegal aliens» and not getting a proverbial punch in the nose. But now, Biden has to satisfy a ravenous mob that needs the terms «legal» and «illegal» to mean exactly the same thing.
Jonathan Capehart, host of MSNBC’s “The Saturday Show” and “The Sunday Show,” interviewed Biden on a range of subjects from abortion to IVF and then brought up the president’s use of the word «illegal» when describing Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan who was previously arrested after having crossed the border into the U.
