Former President Donald Trump has suggested that migrants should be pitted against each other in a fighting league. During a speech to conservative Christians in Washington, DC, Trump claimed to have suggested the idea to UFC President Dana White, saying, “I said, Dana, I have an idea. Why don’t you set up a migrant League of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then you have the champion of your league. These are the greatest fighters in the world. Fight the champion of the migrants. I think the migrant guy might win. That’s how tough they are.”
MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera hosted a panel discussion on the issue, featuring former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo and Trump campaign correspondent Vaughn Hillyard. Hillyard denounced Trump’s comments, saying, “I don’t know to what extent to even begin to legitimize or provide any sort of credence to the suggestion made by the former president… We know that most migrants coming to the US are men, women, and children seeking a better life and leaving dire circumstances.”
Hillyard also highlighted Trump’s history of dehumanizing rhetoric towards migrants, calling them “vermin, dangerous and sick criminals” and promising the “largest deportation program in American history.” He concluded, “It’s going to be up to voters to determine whether it’s that sort of rhetoric that they want to install back into the White House in 2025.”
The Biden campaign swiftly condemned Trump’s remarks, saying, “Fitting that convicted felon Donald Trump spent his time at a religious conference threatening to round up Latinos, bragging about ripping away Americans’ freedoms, and promising to be even more extreme if he regains power.”
(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Join the official YWN WhatsApp status
9 Responses
hello!?!? he was bringing out how vicious they are by saying they’ll probably win; this was a total misconstrue of his words – as usual.
Sedom mamesh.
If the Donald can’t rescue Brandon from his self, no one can. When Trump aims, he should be careful not to target his foot.
Most of the illegal migrants are looking for jobs. They tend to be social conservatives (which explains why Catholics and Evangelicals get nervous about Trump’s statements). What’s more, America is short of workers, and especially of “blue collar” workers. Trump should stick advocating managed migration and weeding out criminals. and avoiding insulting anyone. He needs to be anti-Chaos, and stop being chaotic himself.
“We know that most migrants coming to the US are men, women, and children seeking a better life and leaving dire circumstances.”
Lol.
How so? By being thrown into a refugee camp, in middle of a runway, in Floyd Bennett Field, here in Brooklyn?!
Our mishna teaches us seyog lechachna shetika, the less one speakes the smarter one is but by Trump the opposite is true.
laskern,
Stop editorializing. One faults with their own faults.
Godalhadofi, as your screen name indicates your fakeness, you have a problem with the truth.
laskern,
As your screen name indicates, your twisted desire for undeserved honor shows your deep-seated self worth issues; you obviously have a problem with ego.
Oh, and as you never tire of writing, “one faults with their own faults”.
Not getting involved: They come here planning on what most immigrants (including Trump’s grandfather, and mother) do _ get a job and build a decent life. A handful are genuine refugees seeking a free country, and a smaller handful are professional criminals (though for criminal there is a serious problem in that their skills for crime are not easily transferable to a new country, which is why most of the criminals end up sticking to their communities where they don’t stand out).
All of Donald’s annoying sound bites, which I doubt he really means – note he hired many immigrants and married two of them – will is stick us with four years of Joe and Kamala.