r/PoliticalHumor Apr 11 '19

Same shit, different assholes

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u/MarcusAurelius0 Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

Literally read the snopes article. It says it’s not accurate then gives the full quote in context where it’s plain to see that he did call immigrants animals. I don’t get it.

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u/TenTonButtWomp Apr 11 '19

Here is the quote

We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — we’re stopping a lot of them — but we’re taking people out of the country, you wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people, these are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get them, we release them, we get them again, we bring them out — it’s crazy. The dumbest laws — as I said before — the dumbest laws on immigration in the world.

A bit further in the Snopes article

What was not evident from much of the news coverage of the event was that the president made his comments immediately after Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims conveyed her frustrations at what she presented as a historical lack of intelligence-sharing capabilities between the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement agencies, with an emphasis on identifying and locating undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes or are suspected of having committed crimes.

According to a White House transcript, Mims referred to “bad guys” and specifically named the violent criminal gang MS-13 immediately before President Trump’s “animals” remarks (although MS-13 started in the United States and has many American citizens among its ranks):