Obama: "The reason some people think, 'I remember that economy when he first came in being pretty good.' Yeah it was pretty good, because it was my economy ... I had spent 8 years cleaning up the mess that the Republicans had left me the last time."

@GottaLaff

Republicans do more than create a mess.

The GOP deliberately create messes that can be converted into profit for their billionaire donors.

Examples;

1. The GOP created the child separation policy to profit their private prison donors
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/private-prison-company-sued-in-death-of-1-year-old-migrant-child

https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2018/09/corecivic-private-prison-shane-bauer-book/

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/07/23/private-prison-operator-holds-close-ties-with-lawmakers-as-it-sidesteps-state-law/

2. The GOP created the border crisis then refused to sign their own legislation & treats migrants as slaves
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/16/republican-congressmen-defend-1-a-day-wage-for-immigrant-detainees-who-work-in-private-prisons/

1/2

Private prison company sued in death of 1 year old migrant child

Lawyers for Yazmin Juárez are demanding $40 million from CoreCivic in the complaint filed in federal court in San Antonio. It's the third legal claim they have filed related to the death of Yazmin's daughter, Mariee, in May last year.

PBS News
Commentary: Republicans like privatization, often benefiting donors

Republican lawmakers want smaller government, so they shrink it in a variety of ways. Recently they gave huge tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent, swelling the debt by 1.5 trillion. Now they claim t…

Austin American-Statesman