The Quote Below—More Misinformation from the Media
“Proponents of the racist ‘great replacement’ theory are gloating after the GOP-led House of Representatives narrowly voted to impeach DHS Secretary Alexander Mayorkas on Tuesday.
“All but three Republican House members voted to impeach Mayorkas for allegedly failing to enforce immigration laws, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in almost 150 years.
“The proposition will most likely be squashed when it goes before the Democratic-controlled Senate for trial. But the vote alone has bolstered the spirits of the far right, which sees it as further proof that it has allies in Congress. . . . The ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory claims that there is a nefarious plot to diminish the influence of white Americans via immigration. . . .
“GOP members of Congress and right-wing commentators have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of ‘intentionally’ facilitating an ‘invasion’ of the U.S.
“In an appearance on Steve Bannon’s ‘War Room’ podcast, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called on the Senate to “remove this traitor [Mayorkas] who has invited the invasion of America.”Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller wrote on X that Mayorkas will “be tried before the Senate, the nation and history of his sinister role in masterminding Biden’s invasion of our Republic. . . .
“The great replacement conspiracy theory . . . has . . . had a profound influence on white supremacist terrorists; it was referenced . . . by the man who opened fire on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019.
“Despite the clear links between the conspiracy theory and violence, in recent years the ‘great replacement’ narrative has made its way out of white supremacist online forums and gained ground in mainstream political rhetoric. Multiple polls have found that half of Republicans believe in the core tenets of the conspiracy theory. . . .
“Mayorkas stands accused of releasing migrants into the U.S. when they should have been detained, and lying to lawmakers about the situation at the border—both allegations he denies.” – The GOP Has Impeached Alejandro Mayorkas and the Far-Right Loves It, Tess Owen, Vice, 2/14/24 [Link]
Fact Check of Above Quote: Even if the great replacement theory is “racist,” that doesn’t prove it’s false. The reason this theory is gaining traction is that it at least seems plausible, given how most Western countries have immigration policies that are sharply reducing the share of their European and European-descended populations. Also, the elites of those countries commonly embrace Woke anti-whiteness and its attending notion that the world might be a better place if it had fewer Caucasians.
Is the “great replacement” a conscious agenda of Western leaders? A quote from our President Joe Biden would suggest so. When he was vice president under Barack Obama, Biden said of immigration: “It’s not going to stop. Nor should we want it to stop. . . . An unrelenting stream of immigrants. Nonstop, nonstop. Folks like me who are Caucasian, of European descent . . . we will be an absolute minority in the United States of America. Absolute minority. Fewer than 50 percent of the people in America . . . will be white European stock. That’s not a bad thing. That’s the source of our strength.”
Biden’s immigration policies as president have consistently promoted this bizarre and bigoted goal of national strength through reduction of a certain population. Hitler had similar thoughts about German Jews.
It may be that some violent people have embraced the “great replacement” theory, but once again that doesn’t prove it’s false. Certainly, it is outrageous that governments would want to replace or diminish their own native peoples, and if they do so a backlash is inevitable. This is precisely what happened in Great Britain during the recent widespread protests and riots against mass immigration. If critics of the great replacement theory want it to have less appeal, they should call for an end to the immigration policies that give it credibility.