Former President Donald Trump made controversial remarks during a radio interview on 'The Hugh Hewitt Show' where he suggested that undocumented immigrants who commit murder have 'bad genes.' Trump used this statement to further his agenda of stoking fears about individuals in the country illegally.
During the interview, Trump distorted statistics on immigration and crime, falsely claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris was 'allowing people to come through an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers.' He went on to state, 'You know, now, a murderer, I believe this – it’s in their genes. And we got bad, a lot of bad genes in our country right now.'
These comments are part of a pattern of dehumanizing rhetoric that Trump has employed when discussing undocumented immigrants. He has consistently used disparaging language and false information to push his anti-immigration agenda, vowing mass deportations if reelected.
Last fall, Trump faced criticism for stating that undocumented immigrants were 'poisoning the blood of our country,' a phrase often associated with White supremacists and nativists. Additionally, he has spread misinformation, such as false rumors about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump's use of degrading language and unfounded claims about immigrants has drawn rebuke from civil rights groups and raised concerns about the impact of such rhetoric on public discourse.
