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"Donald Trump is facing a backlash for repeating a remark at a political rally
on Saturday where he said undocumented immigrants to the United States were
“poisoning the blood of our country”.
The former US president’s comments were the latest example of his campaign
rhetoric that seemed to go beyond the lies and exaggerations that are a
trademark of his stump speeches and instead go into territory of outright
extremism or racism. In November he was widely condemned for calling his
opponents “vermin”, language that echoed that used historically by dictators
and authoritarians.
Trump, who is the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican nominee for the
2024 race for the White House, made the comments at a rally in Durham, New
Hampshire, attended by several thousand supporters. He added that immigrants
were coming to the US from Asia and Africa in addition to South America. “All
over the world they are pouring into our country,” he said.
The White House hit back, saying that Joe Biden believes “our leaders have a
responsibility to bring the country together around our shared values.
“Echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascists and violent white supremacists and
threatening to oppress those who disagree with the government are dangerous
attacks on the dignity and rights of all Americans, on our democracy, and on
public safety,” a White House spokesperson, Andrew Bates, said in a statement.
Trump’s comments come days after he warned that if he is re-elected next year
he would act on immigration like a “dictator” – but only on the first day of
his term. He has since floated the idea of sending potentially “hundreds of
thousands” of US troops to secure the US-Mexico border, build a network of
immigrant detention camps, and “begin the largest domestic deportation
operation in American history”."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
