On Christmas, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg re-opened the debate about Jesus’ refugee status by posting a Christmas tweet to his followers, that read “today I join millions around the world in celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee.”
A seemingly benign statement but in these politicized times, nothing is ever completely benign. The subject of immigration being what it is in the United States, many on Twitter spent their Christmas counter-posting about Buttigieg’s assessment of Jesus’ refugee status.
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