Interesting take by @ObsoleteDogma on our story about @realDonaldTrump’s interviews with new WH advisor Bannon. https://t.co/LZRQLcay7d

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) November 18, 2016

About the only person, it seems, who disagrees is Bannon himself. “When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia, I think…” he replied before trailing off. “A country is more than an economy. We’re a civic society.”

It’s hard to imagine anything that would do more to keep America’s economy from being great than this kind of anti-immigrant sentiment. I can’t believe I have to say this, but here it is: It doesn’t matter if a lot of Asian-Americans are tech CEOs. Asian-Americans are Americans. Nor does it matter if a lot of immigrants are tech CEOs. Immigrants are Americans. Someone born in Mumbai or Shanghai or wherever else who gets their citizenship is just as much an American as someone born in Massachusetts who can trace their ancestry all the way back to the Mayflower. That’s what makes America America. It’s not about where you’re from, or a belief that some people are better than others. It’s about where you’re going, and a belief that all men and women are created equal.