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riversedge

(79,923 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:44 AM 6 hrs ago

LOL--JD Vance claims fewer undocumented immigrants will make housing affordable for Americans.

The lies from the trump admin are bizarre!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
JD Vance claims fewer undocumented immigrants will make housing affordable for Americans.

Here’s the problem: you can’t say immigrants “don’t work” and “live on welfare” and blame them for buying up all the houses.

Pick one, both can't be true.

Contradictions aren’t policy, they’re propaganda.



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Quiet Em

(2,608 posts)
3. Not only that, but who the heck does Vance think puts roofing and sheetrock in homes?
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:51 AM
5 hrs ago

A home near me burned down last summer. I've been watching the construction as they rebuild it and about 75% of the work has been done by immigrants.

niyad

(130,278 posts)
4. Didn't krasnov say he wanted to keep housing prices high because
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:52 AM
5 hrs ago

. . . . .well, whatever nonsense he was spewing at that moment.

Jack Valentino

(4,579 posts)
11. YES, he did--- I only saw the headline but looked it up now:
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:17 PM
5 hrs ago
https://www.al.com/politics/2026/01/trump-doesnt-want-lower-housing-prices-so-somebody-who-didnt-work-very-hard-can-buy-a-home.html

Trump against lower housing prices so ‘somebody who didn’t work very hard can buy a home’


::::snip:::

Trump has said that he wants to keep home prices high to increase people’s net worth, but doing so will likely keep construction levels low and price out possible first-time buyers.

“People that own their houses, we’re going to keep them wealthy,” Trump said. “We’re going to keep those prices up. We’re not going to destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn’t work very hard can buy a home.

“We’re going to make it easier to buy. We’re going to get interest rates down but I want to protect the people who for the first time in their lives feel good about themselves. They feel like wealthy people,” Trump said.

“I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for the people who own their homes.”

::snip:::


Well, there's so many things wrong with that statement I hardly know where to begin---
but just because someone can't afford or get financed for a $400 to $500k priced house,
which is now the "median" house price in the United States,
doesn't mean that they "didn't work very hard"---

however, it may well mean that they worked very hard for unfairly low wages,
because their boss is a Republican who doesn't believe in living wages,
or maybe doesn't even believe in "minimum" wages---
and those same Republican bosses have often been guilty of
hiring the very undocumented immigrants which they otherwise complain about,
so they could have the benefit of their labor while paying them poverty wages!
(which tends to drive down wages for everyone else!)

sakabatou

(45,869 posts)
6. I mean, it's not like most families are being priced out or
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:54 AM
5 hrs ago

businesses are buying up private real estate.. Oh wait...

aeromanKC

(3,847 posts)
8. Cringe worthy knowing JD will be 48
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:59 AM
5 hrs ago

There is no way Trump finishes his term. It's just disgusting knowing the vile disgusting piece of shit JD will be 48. Just disgusting.

Diamond_Dog

(39,989 posts)
10. Yeah, those dishwashers and gardeners are buying up America's homes like hotcakes.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:08 PM
5 hrs ago

He is such a miserable lying punk.

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