The Native Iowan

Selective Outrage… nice sounding couple of words. Lets see what it means…

“Selective outrage refers to the tendency to express anger or indignation only when it suits one’s agenda, while ignoring similar or worse issues that don’t align with personal or ideological interests. It’s often tied to hypocrisy or bias, where people pick and choose what to be upset about based on convenience, group loyalty, or political gain.”

Yep, that about sums it up.

I sadly smile when I encounter selective outrage. I can offer two current examples…

a) TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE WHITE HOUE, THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE… I have evidence…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-white-house-destruction-is-even-visible-from-space/

b) People of California! This is history in the making…

Also:

a) The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief?

“Eighty-five percent of all removals and returns during fiscal year (FY) 2016 were of noncitizens who had recently crossed the U.S. border unlawfully. Of the remainder, who were removed from the U.S. interior, more than 90 percent had been convicted of what DHS defines as serious crimes. Border apprehensions and removals increased in FY 2016 compared to the prior year, DHS reported. In FY 2016, DHS carried out 530,250 apprehensions and 344,354 removals, compared to 462,388 apprehensions and 333,341 removals a year earlier. Despite the increase, these numbers were far lower than the peak of enforcement operations at the beginning of the Obama years, after he inherited a robust enforcement regime from his predecessors.” https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not

b) Trump is doing his part too, but maybe not as good as Obama…

“The Trump administration has claimed that around 140,000 people had been deported as of April 2025, though some estimates put the number at roughly half that amount. On August 28, 2025, CNN reported that ICE alone has deported nearly 200,000 people in seven months since Trump returned to office.”

This is a good picture of what “has been”…

Year	Total Apprehensions	U.S.-Mexico Border Apprehensions	Removals	Returns	Total Deportations
1993	1,327,261	1.212.886	42,542	1,243,410	1.285.952
1994	1,094,719	979.101	45,674	1,029,107	1,074,781
1995	1,394,554	1,271,390	50,924	1,313,764	1,364,688
1996	1,649,986	1,507,020	69,680	1,573,428	1,643,108
1997	1,536,520	1,368,707	114,432	1,440,684	1,555,116
1998	1,679,439	1,516,680	174,813	1,570,127	1,744,940
1999	1,714,035	1.537.000	183.114	1.574.863	1.757.977
2000	1,814,729	1,643,679	188,467	1,675,876	1,864,343
Totals for Clinton Administration	12,211,243	11,036,463	869,646	11,421,259	12,290,905
2001	1,387,486	1,235,718	189,026	1,349,371	1,538,397
2002	1,062,270	929.809	165.168	1.012.116	1.177.284
2003	1,046,422	905,065	211.098	945,294	1,156,392
2004	1,264,232	1,160,395	240,665	1,166,576	1,407,241
2005	1,291,065	1,189,031	246,431	1,096,920	1,343,351
2006	1,206,408	1,071,972	280,974	1,043,381	1,324,355
2007	960,673	858,638	319,382	891.390	1,210,772
2008	1,043,759	705,005	359,795	811,263	1,171,058
Totals for Bush Administration	9,262,315	8,055,633	2,012,539	8,316,311	10,328,850
2009	889,212	540,865	391,341	582.596	973.937
2010	796,587	447,731	381,738	474,195	855,933
2011	678,606	327,577	386,020	322,098	708,118
2012	671,327	356,873	416,324	230,360	646.684
2013	662,483	414,397	434,015	178,691	612,706
2014	679.996	479,371	407,075	163.245	570,320
2015	462,388	331,333	333,341	129,122	462,463
2016	530,250	408,870	344,354	106,600	450,954
Totals for Obama Administration	5,370,849	3,307,017	3,094,208	2,186,907	5,281,115

So why all the selective outrage?