Donald Trump just made one of his most racist attacks yet – and the media is ignoring it
For the most part, the mainstream media has largely (though not entirely) stopped holding Donald Trump accountable by reporting just how much more extreme he is becoming, just how much more racist and divisive he has grown.
At his Wednesday rally in Long Island – the largely purple neighbor to New York City and one that has many right-wing staunchly conservative areas – the former president continued to push his attacks on immigrants. And not just undocumented immigrants, but all immigrants – or at least, non-European immigrants.
Political strategists have been questioning why Trump is campaigning in states he is all but guaranteed to lose (New York, California) and states he is all but guaranteed to win (Florida), but here's just a small portion of what the ex-president told Long Islanders just 48 days before Election Day (full video.)
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"For every New Yorker being terrorized by this wave of migrant crime, and I've been talking about migrant crime for five years. I said, if you let them in, it's going to be hell. They are vicious, violent criminals that are being led into our country, their people that their countries, who are very smart, they don't want them. That's why, all over the world, a lot of people coming from jails, out of the Congo in Africa."
"'Where do you come from?' 'The Congo,'" Trump said, mimicking a pretend conversation.
"'Where in the Congo?' 'We come from jail.' 'What did you do?' 'We will not tell you'."
"They're coming from the Congo. They're coming from Africa. They're coming from the Middle East. They're coming from all over the world, Asia, lot of it coming from Asia, and what's happening to our country is we're just destroying the fabric of life in our country, and we're not going to take it any longer. And you got to get rid of these people. Give me a shot. You will have a safe New York within three months. Three months."
Trump continued:
"For every New Yorker being terrorized by this wave of migrant crime, November 5 will be your Liberation Day. It's going to be liberation because you are living like hell. You're living a life like hell."
(There is no "wave of migrant crime," crime is largely way down.)
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After talking about "MS-13," Trump added:
"They're coming in by the millions. Not by the hundreds. They're coming in by the millions. Think of it, probably 21 million people. That's probably a low number. We can do all of this and more, but patriotic New Yorkers must get your asses out to vote," Trump urged, before launching into another pretend conversation.
"'Harry, get up. Harry, Harry, get your fat ass out of the couch. You're going to vote for Trump today. Harry, get up. Harry, come on. Let's go. Let's go, Harry.'"
Watch a portion of those remarks below or at this link.
Trump racist remarks: "They're coming from the Congo. They're coming from Africa. They're coming from the Middle East. They're coming from all over the world, Asia...what's happening to our country is we're...destroying the fabric of life in our country."pic.twitter.com/wI54iTm8FL
— David Badash (@davidbadash) September 19, 2024
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