Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., recently made comments implying that her past suggestion about former President Trump opening internment camps for political prisoners was not meant as a joke. Dingell referenced how she had faced backlash for her previous comments about Trump's remarks regarding his political enemies.
During a discussion, Dingell mentioned that her joke, which she clarified was not really a joke, was related to Trump's comments about his political enemies and the enemy within the country. She expressed concern about the impact of Trump's language on people and how it made them pause and think.
The likely reference to her previous claim was that Trump would put Muslim Americans in internment camps, a statement that surprised the host at the time. Dingell reiterated her belief that Trump had talked about internment camps for different groups of people, including Muslims and Arabs.
While Trump has not explicitly mentioned internment camps during his campaign, the Harris campaign recently referenced the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in an ad against Trump.
