Because they were the only ones pointing out the economic collapse of rural and interior America.
Liberals should have been in front of this issue but they ignored it, preferring to hide in coastal urban bubbles and navel gaze. So they opened the door to a bunch of demagogues.
Immigration may not be a major cause of these problems but it makes a convenient scapegoat.
I don't disagree with your analysis. I'm left-leaning in my politics but find myself unwilling to support the Democratic party at all for being politically ineffective, culturally asinine, and for being distressingly corrupt.
American politics is in a terrible state right now.
Because they were the only ones pointing out the economic collapse of rural and interior America.
Liberals should have been in front of this issue but they ignored it, preferring to hide in coastal urban bubbles and navel gaze. So they opened the door to a bunch of demagogues.
Immigration may not be a major cause of these problems but it makes a convenient scapegoat.