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Politician Who Claims To Care For His Own Ignores Starving Citizen

This is a 2-panel black and white line art satirical meme. The first panel features a man in a suit, presented as a politician, stating "stop immigration so we can take care of our own", with the words "stop" and "our own" underlined for emphasis. The second panel shows a small, vulnerable citizen standing opposite the same politician, saying "i'm starving", to which the politician dismissively responds "fuck off". The joke exposes the hypocrisy of anti-immigration rhetoric that claims to prioritize helping domestic citizens, when the politicians pushing this rhetoric often refuse to actually support or aid vulnerable people in their own country.
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stop immigration so we can take care of our own
i'm starving
fuck off

Overview

This is a 2-panel black and white line art satirical meme. The first panel features a man in a suit, presented as a politician, stating "stop immigration so we can take care of our own", with the words "stop" and "our own" underlined for emphasis. The second panel shows a small, vulnerable citizen standing opposite the same politician, saying "i'm starving", to which the politician dismissively responds "fuck off". The joke exposes the hypocrisy of anti-immigration rhetoric that claims to prioritize helping domestic citizens, when the politicians pushing this rhetoric often refuse to actually support or aid vulnerable people in their own country.

Origin notes

This original meme was created by the artist @amii.illustrates, as indicated by the watermark on the first panel. It was posted to the Reddit r/meme subreddit with the original title "I’m part of your own", and satirizes common bad-faith anti-immigration arguments made by conservative politicians who do not support social safety nets for their own constituents.

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