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In the modern era, I don't understand how it's "resurfaced." No, it's not resurfaced, it was always there, it's just that for some reason people and the media finally took notice of it again. Plenty of "resurfaced" stuff matches this description: it never went anywhere, people just didn't pay attention until they suddenly do and then they'll stop paying attention again and even though it's still there people will consider it sunk.
Are you arguing about the use of “resurfaced” instead of the blatant hypocrisy?
It was buried under the tsunami of bullshit trump, the republicans, ICE, and all the rest have been generating.
Yes, “resurfaced” is correct terminology and usage in this case.
The blatant hypocrisy speaks for itself. The fact that it's treated like it's some shiny new thing instead of like you said, one of many things discarded as the firehose of falsehoods kept squirting and distracting the media with shiny new things to get clicks instead of organizing it all into a well documented tapestry of hypocrisy is part of why we're here. The medias failure to contend with the nature of the beast is a problem. Treating every single incident as though it's a unique, stand-alone issue instead of weaving it together as part of a larger whole is a problem.
It can't be new: the 're' is right in the name!
It's a popular media gimmick. Turn old news into a new headline because you've got nothing better to talk about.
The NYPost and WaTi play this game all the time