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posted by martyb on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the revenge-of-the-nerds? dept.

President-elect Donald Trump realized early in his campaign that U.S. IT workers were angry over training foreign visa-holding replacements. He knew this anger was volcanic.

Trump is the first major U.S. presidential candidate in this race -- or any previous presidential race -- to focus on the use of the H-1B visa to displace IT workers. He asked former Disney IT employees, upset over having to train foreign replacements, to speak at his rallies.

"The fact is that Americans are losing their jobs to foreigners," said Dena Moore, a former Disney IT worker at a Trump rally in Alabama in February. "I believe Mr. Trump is for Americans first."

Yes, US nerds were angry about training H-1B replacements, but how much could they have helped put him over the top?


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  • (Score: 1) by oakgrove on Saturday November 12 2016, @12:13AM

    by oakgrove (5864) on Saturday November 12 2016, @12:13AM (#425874)

    Here's the thing, AmiMoJo, between the party promising to bring back "Muh jerbs" and the party asserting I'm a racist/bigot/homophobe/xenophobe for the mere fact of my existing on this earth as a "fucking white male", I think I'll vote for the jerbs. That's why Trump won. And if the left keeps up the rhetoric, in 2018, there'll be a super-majority of Republicans and in 2020 we'll be bathing in liberal tears all over again as Trump celebrates his second victory. Two can play the identity politics game.

  • (Score: 2) by mojo chan on Saturday November 12 2016, @10:49AM

    by mojo chan (266) on Saturday November 12 2016, @10:49AM (#426007)

    Well, I'm a white male and not a racist or bigot, so your premise seems to be faulty.

    Anyway, the push back is going to be even harder now. People won't give up their freedoms and rights easily. It's like Brexit, people won't just accept that bigots won, they will fight it.

    By the way, not everyone who voted for Trump is a bigot, but all bigots voted for Trump. You lie with them, you accept the consequences.

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    • (Score: 1) by oakgrove on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:52PM

      by oakgrove (5864) on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:52PM (#427187)

      Well, I'm a white male and not a racist or bigot

      You're delusional.

      all bigots voted for Trump

      Yeah, I'm sure the BLM bigots that call for "killing all white people" voted for Trump.

      It's like Brexit, people won't just accept that bigots won, they will fight it.

      When did you quit beating your wife? Like most of the left, you argue with fallacies and ad hominems. The good guys finally won this time. Deal with it.