Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday said he was disappointed that former President Donald Trump did not go further in recent remarks that immigrants were “poisoning the blood” of the United States — a stance that even members of his own party likely consider extreme.
“I’m mad he wasn’t even tougher than that. Because if you see what’s happening at the border, we are being overrun. They’re taking us over,” Tuberville said to reporters after being asked for his reaction to the former president’s remarks.
Trump made the comment at a rally in Durham, N.H., over the weekend, as senators in Washington negotiated border security measures and immigration policies as part of a broader, $110.5 billion national security supplemental package.
