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"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with u
by tomlock 10y ago
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,"
Commencement speech quote. "When Mexico sends its people" doesn't sound particularly specific to illegal immigrants.
Trump at the very least made it easy to form this narrative.
ed: “Trump is a white nationalist, so to speak, he is alt-right whether he likes it or not,” Spencer in a recent interview on “The David Pakman Show.” http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.768982 http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.768982
Its true of the MSM and the far right.
- yongjik 10y agoTrivial observation: I suspect Trump deliberately chose the words to cover both bases. (Well, to the degree he can deliberately do anything, that is.) It sounds like he's referring to all Mexicans, which satisfies his alt-right supporters. Meanwhile the more scrupulous supporters (or even unscrupulous ones when they want to play semantic games) could plausibly interpret the words to mean only "illegal immigrants", thus denying racism at the heart of Trump's campaign. "Take him seriously, not literally." Worked wonders for him.