In a tweet this morning, Trump chooses the dehumanizing word "infest" to describe immigrants coming to the US. This is eerily similar to German Nazi propaganda "linking Jews and vermin or disease to Germany."
"Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!"
Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2018
Twitter users responded strongly.
Actually, Trump, you have infested the US with your brand of hate. You destroy everything you touch. Your children are just like you. Complicit, immoral, despicable. You are Satan’s pin-up.
— Dilly Dilly ??? (@okeydoke4) June 19, 2018
"Infest our country" – now where have I heard that before?
Oh. Oh right. It was how Hitler described the Jewish people. You know…right before he murdered millions of them.#uspoli #immigration #TrumpCamps #TrumpConcentrationCamps #WhereAreTheChidren #FamiliesBelongTogether
— Andréa Dorego (@doregs) June 19, 2018
Infest. What a cruel asshole word to use. Shows your nature and intent.
— vintagecat (@vintage_vendor) June 19, 2018
You’re referring to human being that “infest” our country?
“Infest?”
Human beings don’t “infest.”
Bugs infest. As in “There is an infestation of bugs in this dilapidated home.”
You are the lowest of the low to use such dehumaning language to describe other human beings.
— womanofgrace (@WomanofGrace72) June 19, 2018
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