VICTOR JOECKS: Democrats face a demographic doom spiral
February 8, 2026
President Donald Trump isn’t just deporting illegal immigrants. He’s deporting the people Democrats depend on to offset their demographic challenges.
The Census Bureau recently released updated population figures through last June. The country grew slightly, but that growth wasn’t equally distributed. Many red states, such as South Carolina, Idaho and Texas, grew significantly. In one year, each of those states saw its population increase by more than 1 percent.
