Washington Post Adopts Slogan “Democracy Dies in Debate” as Ugly Debates Feared
12th October 2019
Washington Post headline:
No refugees allowed? Trump’s plan to give states and cities a veto prompts an outcry.
The president’s executive order is unprecedented in the history of U.S. refugee resettlements, a system that has long had bipartisan support. Advocates fear ugly debates if politicians try to restrict who can move in.
By Griff Witte
For some reason, none of the 12,900 residents of Malibu, with its 21 miles of coastline, were available for comment about how awful it would be if the citizens of states and localities would be allowed to debate whether to allow themselves to be targeted by private organizations planning upon influxes of outsiders.
The Washington Post’s new slogan is: Democracy Dies in Debate.