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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:42 PM Jul 2015

Trump says media ‘distorted’ his anti-Mexico remarks — then accuses immigrants of carrying diseases

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/trump-says-media-distorted-his-anti-mexico-remarks-then-accuses-immigrants-of-carrying-diseases/

After days of outrage, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that some of his criticism of Mexico has been distorted but stuck to his stance that many illegal immigrants coming across the Mexican border are criminals. A new statement from the billionaire real estate developer came as his empire took a fresh blow. Sports broadcaster ESPN announced it would move the upcoming ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic from Trump National Golf Club to Pelican Hill Golf Club in the Los Angeles area....

Trump said in his statement that some in the news media had begun to “totally distort” what he had said over the past week, and that “many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it.”

However, he said, the United States has become “a dumping ground for Mexico” with illegal border-crossers smuggling illicit drugs and carrying “tremendous infectious disease.”...

“This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States. In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government,” he said.


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Trump says media ‘distorted’ his anti-Mexico remarks — then accuses immigrants of carrying diseases (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2015 OP
Hired illegal aliens working on new Trump bldg realFedUp Jul 2015 #1
Donald Trump is all up in his house with disease. Brother Buzz Jul 2015 #2

realFedUp

(25,053 posts)
1. Hired illegal aliens working on new Trump bldg
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:50 PM
Jul 2015

For a man who likely hires a lot of cheap labor, his comments seem contrary to appreciation for their work. Has the media brought up his hiring of illegals?

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