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What Did Donald Trump Actually Say About Illegal Immigrants?

Is your anger justified or should you read what was said?

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What Did Donald Trump Actually Say About Illegal Immigrants?
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Can we be honest, politics aside, just for a second? The media hates Donald Trump. Now I know it’s not the media’s job to coddle anyone, but some would argue that it is the media’s job to give accurate, bipartisan information.


A huge problem America has is its citizens are uninformed and unwilling to properly research before voting. The easiest way to research is to see what is actually said or done and not listen to the... dare I say... "fake news" media. The worst misinformation the media has given is that Donald Trump dislikes Mexicans. This has been pinned to his name since day one. But what did Donald Trump actually say in that speech the bias media refers to?

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people. But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we're getting. And it only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They're sending us not the right people.” – Donald J. Trump in his Presidential announcement speech.

image from: http://trumptrainstark.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_26

Now you might be wondering where the “All Mexicans are evil” quote is in there, I mean... CNN acted like it was there... I’m still looking myself. Let me just say that Donald Trump gave up his billionaire lifestyle to do and say the things no one wanted to say to protect and strengthen our nation, and take all the politically correct heat for doing so. Illegal immigration was an issue no one would even be talking about until he brought it up. If you were to follow up illegal immigration up with research, it’s actually a major issue that needed to be addressed sooner or later. The mainstream media took his quote on illegal immigrants, which unfortunately do include rapists, human traffickers, and gangsters by the way, and twisted the narrative to make Trump seem racist and against all Mexican immigrants. From the very beginning Trump did not paint all illegal immigrants with a broad brush and call them all rapists, he even clearly says some are good people, which is the truth! Painting with a broad brush never works, kind of like painting all Trump supporters as racists. It’s simply not accurate.

image from: http://immigrationcounters.com

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