US EditionTrump’s anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke
- Former President Donald Trump's recent comments, likening undocumented immigrants to "poison in the blood of our country," have drawn rebuke from civil rights groups and the Anti-Defamation League, who condemned the remarks as racist and xenophobic.
- Trump's inflammatory rhetoric against immigrants, including the use of White supremacist language, has the potential to incite real-world violence and poses a danger to society. Such toxic rhetoric has been linked to previous incidents of violence in places like Pittsburgh and El Paso.
- While some argue that the phrase "poisoning the blood" is commonly used and not racist or xenophobic, the language carries historical associations with eugenics and Adolf Hitler's writings, creating concern about its use by a former US president.
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Trump’s anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke
CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group. “Nobody has ever seen anything like we’re witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country,” Trump told the right-leaning new…
Trump’s anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke
CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group. “Nobody has ever seen anything like
Trump's anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke
Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group.
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