We already know that the border is a distraction and the dangers there are largely fictions. Recently, Trump has been telling lurid and apparently baseless stories about women being victimized by traffickers on the border. He was already on probation for stalking and making threats of domestic violence – the sort of history that is common among men who commit mass killings. Whatever fears Republicans may stoke about women being abducted on the border, they don’t actually care about violence against women. But in the meantime it serves us all to remember what is and is not a real threat to real lives.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2019 11:01 UTC