Democrats nowadays are calling Republicans insensitive and afraid of Syrian refugees but it was not that long ago when they were on the other side of the fence. The only difference: Democrats were worse.
Back in 1980 then President Jimmy Carter decided to relocate thousands of Cuban refugees to Fort Chafee in Arkansa. Some of those refugees escaped and then Governor Bill Clinton flipped.Clinton threatened to shut down the Fort and he called out the National Guard to provide security.
The riot caused at Fort Chafee was an issue when he was running for re-election and it was cited as one of the reasons he lost to Republican Frank White.
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Bill Clinton said:
According to the Arkansas News, the federal government lied to the public about the fort escapees. They said:I was sinking in the quicksand of Cubans.
no one got off the reservation. It was kinda like a college panty raid.
In actuality the Cubans charged through the troops with unloaded guns. Clinton then insisted the refugees be kept contained at the fort by the military and that there were allowed to use as much force as necessary. He said he sought for the protection of the people residing in Arkansas.
Clinton did not want the refugees to be stationed at the fort to begin with but he was unable to stop it.