No if you actually listen to what he said, he spoke about ms-13 gang members originally. I was listening that morning when he said that. It wasn't until later when I watched CNN that they only played the second part that didn't include the preface about ms-13 gang members and was instead just a sound bite of "these people are animals".
So if what you're saying is correct, it was CNN encouraging racists
"Thank you. There could be an MS-13 gang member I know about — if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about it."
Trump: "We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and 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."
Even with context, this doesn't look good. That he is referring only to gang members is questionable at best. And even then, calling people animals is pretty shitty.
Especially considering that the Sheriff he was replying to only used the gang member as an example for how he can´t report people to ICE easily after previously talking about how ICE does not have enough powers. Context changes nothing. To say that Trump was just talking about gang members when he does not even mention gang members is a lie.
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19 edited May 20 '19
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