Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caimagemessage-square622linkfedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down1213
arrow-up1771arrow-down1imageThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square622linkfedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve seen numbers reported between 8 million and 12 million, with variation leaning high or low by R or D bias, but even 8 million is not far from what I said. Here’s a government source, although this was written before the end of his term: https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago“Encountered.” A word that is nowhere in the article or any of those it links to defined.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe lowest estimate I could find was 7.8 million. If you want to go with that, fine. Or show me I’m wrong. Do you really think it wasn’t happening?
I’ve seen numbers reported between 8 million and 12 million, with variation leaning high or low by R or D bias, but even 8 million is not far from what I said. Here’s a government source, although this was written before the end of his term:
https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/
“Encountered.”
A word that is nowhere in the article or any of those it links to defined.
The lowest estimate I could find was 7.8 million. If you want to go with that, fine. Or show me I’m wrong. Do you really think it wasn’t happening?