Current Events > Trump: Immigrants "poisoning the blood of our country"

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/politics/trump-anti-immigrant-comments/index.html

Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were poisoning the blood of our country, using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group.

Nobody has ever seen anything like were witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country, Trump told the right-leaning news site The National Pulse in a video interview published last week. Its poisoning the blood of our country. Its so bad, and people are coming in with disease. People are coming in with every possible thing that you could have.

Trumps comments, which gained traction online this week, drew condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League, whose leader called the remarks racist, xenophobic and despicable.

Insinuating that immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country echoes nativist talking points and has the potential to cause real danger and violence. We have seen this kind of toxic rhetoric inspire real-world violence before in places like Pittsburgh and El Paso. It should have no place in our politics, period, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said.

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He continued, And when anyone has a large platform, they need to be careful with their voice, but when youre the former president of the United States, you absolutely need to recognize your responsibility because this kind of rhetoric is explosive and must end, full stop.

Since launching his first campaign for president in 2015, Trump has often derided immigrants in inflammatory terms, but the phrase poisoning the blood echoed language used by White supremacists, who fixate on so-called blood purity. Adolf Hitler wrote about the contamination of the blood or blood poisoning in Mein Kampf.

Thats a normal phrase that is used in everyday life in books, television, movies, and in news articles. For anyone to think that is racist or xenophobic is living in an alternate reality consumed with non-sensical outrage, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

YlKES.

VD is probably having a very good day right about now.

brestugo posted...

Thats a normal phrase that is used in everyday life in books, television, movies, and in news articles. For anyone to think that is racist or xenophobic is living in an alternate reality consumed with non-sensical outrage, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

Where the hell is this used in "everyday life" other than out of the mouths of racist piece of shits like Trump and the subhumans who vote for him?

Can we call him a Nazi yet?

Now, to me, that's bad

PeteyParker posted...

Where the hell is this used in "everyday life" other than out of the mouths of racist piece of shits like Trump and the subhumans who vote for him?

Wait, normal people don't regularly refer to non-white non-Americans as diseased and appeal to blood purity?

I am shocked.

"For anyone to think that is 'a normal phrase that is used in everyday life' is living in an alternate reality consumed with non-sensical outrage"

There, fixed that for him

PeteyParker posted...

Where the hell is this used in "everyday life" other than out of the mouths of racist piece of shits like Trump and the subhumans who vote for him?

It's in their everyday life, so they assume everyone does it.

This is like some serious 1800s era racism

brestugo posted...

Thats a normal phrase that is used in everyday life in books, television, movies, and in news articles

Maybe in 1930s Germany

Straight up Hitler stuff.

Antifar posted...

Now, to me, that's bad

Gotta admit, even for Trump, that's bad. We're going with 'blood purity' now?

Nobody has ever seen anything like were witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country,

He's right, just obviously not for the dumb reasons he thinks.

Racists never change. They've been playing this same damn broken record for centuries.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/3/AAC89BAAE6EN.jpg

Even most racists mean this figuratively. Asshole is out there saying they have literal poison blood full of disease

Is he talking about what the NYC Health Commissioner said?

https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/half-of-migrants-piling-into-nyc-not-vaxxed-for-polio-top-doc-warns/

A startling 50% of migrants streaming into the Big Apple are not vaccinated against the contagious and potentially deadly poliovirus, city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan recently revealed as he urged doctors to help prevent a public health emergency, The Post has learned.

Vasan also said the new migrants come from, or pass through, countries with high rates of infectious tuberculosis and noted thereve been outbreaks of chickenpox in shelters housing the newcomers.

More than 50,000 people have come to New York City (NYC) in the past year shortly after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. As more people arrive and many make NYC their home, the scale and scope of need continues to grow, Vasan said in an eight-page letter, dated April 11, sent to physicians and other health care providers. A copy was obtained by The Post.


I am writing now to underscore how critical it is that health care providers take a wide range of considerations into account when working with people who are seeking asylum The scope of this letter represents the scale of the need. It is incumbent upon us as a welcoming city to comprehensively evaluate and meet these needs.


Vasan said screening and vaccinating migrants for diseases and viruses thatve been kept in check in the city is a top priority.
Vaccination rates for certain diseases are low in some of the most common countries of origin, with rates hovering around 50% for polio as an example, the commissioner said.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Is he talking about what the NYC Health Commissioner said?

https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/half-of-migrants-piling-into-nyc-not-vaxxed-for-polio-top-doc-warns/

A startling 50% of migrants streaming into the Big Apple are not vaccinated against the contagious and potentially deadly poliovirus, city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan recently revealed as he urged doctors to help prevent a public health emergency, The Post has learned.

Vasan also said the new migrants come from, or pass through, countries with high rates of infectious tuberculosis and noted thereve been outbreaks of chickenpox in shelters housing the newcomers.

no you fucking chud, he's talking about exactly what he fucking said he's talking about

"Used in everyday life" by Nazis, that is.

Sweet, free moderation.

brestugo posted...

Its poisoning the blood of our country

brestugo posted...

People are coming in with every possible thing that you could have

But sure, chuckles, "what he really meant" was talking about them not being vaxxed against polio and possibly having tuberculosis and chickenpox.

Fucking homeslices.

I kinda want to see the mental gymnastics performed by venereal disease for this take.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Is he talking about what the NYC Health Commissioner said?

https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/half-of-migrants-piling-into-nyc-not-vaxxed-for-polio-top-doc-warns/

A startling 50% of migrants streaming into the Big Apple are not vaccinated against the contagious and potentially deadly poliovirus, city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan recently revealed as he urged doctors to help prevent a public health emergency, The Post has learned.

Vasan also said the new migrants come from, or pass through, countries with high rates of infectious tuberculosis and noted thereve been outbreaks of chickenpox in shelters housing the newcomers.

More than 50,000 people have come to New York City (NYC) in the past year shortly after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. As more people arrive and many make NYC their home, the scale and scope of need continues to grow, Vasan said in an eight-page letter, dated April 11, sent to physicians and other health care providers. A copy was obtained by The Post.

I am writing now to underscore how critical it is that health care providers take a wide range of considerations into account when working with people who are seeking asylum The scope of this letter represents the scale of the need. It is incumbent upon us as a welcoming city to comprehensively evaluate and meet these needs.

Vasan said screening and vaccinating migrants for diseases and viruses thatve been kept in check in the city is a top priority.
Vaccination rates for certain diseases are low in some of the most common countries of origin, with rates hovering around 50% for polio as an example, the commissioner said.

Stop getting on your knees for the fat fuck. Trump doesn't give a damn about you.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Maybe in 1930s Germany

This. It's pure, undiluted "Blut und Boden" Nazi ideology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_soil

brestugo posted...

Since launching his first campaign for president in 2015, Trump has often derided immigrants in inflammatory terms, but the phrase poisoning the blood echoed language used by White supremacists, who fixate on so-called blood purity. Adolf Hitler wrote about the contamination of the blood or blood poisoning in Mein Kampf.

Thats a normal phrase that is used in everyday life in books, television, movies, and in news articles. For anyone to think that is racist or xenophobic is living in an alternate reality consumed with non-sensical outrage, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

I've never heard someone use that phrase and not be either talking about racism or a medical issue

Like his wife?

unless he's a Native American and he's speaking to native americans, he's an immigrant himself like anyone else that isn't a native american and should just shut up

McMarbles posted...

Can we call him a Nazi yet?

I already have.

Donald himself is the poison.

immigrants do all the jobs americans wont but immigrants are the problem wtf so much wrong with trump

Zikten posted...

I've never heard someone use that phrase and not be either talking about racism or a medical issue

And we can be certain it's not the latter given his lack of understanding of medicine.
ClayGuida posted...

Like his wife?

That's different. For obviously clear reasons.

potdnewb posted...

immigrants do all the jobs americans wont but immigrants are the problem wtf so much wrong with trump

This is what I hate about the "dey tuk r jerbs!" argument

Yeah, they took the jobs you didn't want you spoiled fuck

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Is he talking about what the NYC Health Commissioner said?

Isn't it exhausting to play damage control all the time for that fucking moron?

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Is he talking about what the NYC Health Commissioner said?

https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/half-of-migrants-piling-into-nyc-not-vaxxed-for-polio-top-doc-warns/

A startling 50% of migrants streaming into the Big Apple are not vaccinated against the contagious and potentially deadly poliovirus, city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan recently revealed as he urged doctors to help prevent a public health emergency, The Post has learned.

Vasan also said the new migrants come from, or pass through, countries with high rates of infectious tuberculosis and noted thereve been outbreaks of chickenpox in shelters housing the newcomers.

More than 50,000 people have come to New York City (NYC) in the past year shortly after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. As more people arrive and many make NYC their home, the scale and scope of need continues to grow, Vasan said in an eight-page letter, dated April 11, sent to physicians and other health care providers. A copy was obtained by The Post.

I am writing now to underscore how critical it is that health care providers take a wide range of considerations into account when working with people who are seeking asylum The scope of this letter represents the scale of the need. It is incumbent upon us as a welcoming city to comprehensively evaluate and meet these needs.

Vasan said screening and vaccinating migrants for diseases and viruses thatve been kept in check in the city is a top priority.
Vaccination rates for certain diseases are low in some of the most common countries of origin, with rates hovering around 50% for polio as an example, the commissioner said.

Lol, I highly doubt this is what he's referring to, but yeah, the increasing rate of tuberculosis in this city is very alarming. The issue is that there aren't medical facilities on the border checking for any of this. So many are not vaccinated and the city is unable to handle that. There was a report yesterday talking about how difficult it is to control.

potdnewb posted...

immigrants do all the jobs americans wont but immigrants are the problem wtf so much wrong with trump

HylianFox posted...

This is what I hate about the "dey tuk r jerbs!" argument

Yeah, they took the jobs you didn't want you spoiled fuck

This is capitalist BS. Plenty of Americans do these job, just look at sanitation in NYC.

The issue has always been not enough pay and benefits. The reason it's not an issue with sanitation in NYC is because they're paid very well.

brestugo posted...

Gotta admit, even for Trump, that's bad. We're going with 'blood purity' now?

Im not sure.

he literally kicked off his 1st campaign calling Mexicans the R-word (word for sex criminals) and criminals

The_shibe posted...

Im not sure.

he literally kicked off his 1st campaign calling Mexicans the R-word (word for sex criminals) and criminals

Yeab honestly this is totally on brand. Its a more blatant instance than most but hardly shocking.

Also I hate to say this but there's part of me that has to give ana credit for doing the same trolling so long and still making it work.

Unless dude means this shit in which case he's a lost cause and actually less worth responding to than if its a troll job.

Mask off.

InfinityMonster posted...

This is capitalist BS. Plenty of Americans do these job, just look at sanitation in NYC.

The issue has always been not enough pay and benefits. The reason it's not an issue with sanitation in NYC is because they're paid very well.

your point is highly myopic
farms, hotels, kitchens, janitorial services, construction, painters, landscapers, etc jobs all over the country filled by people who came to this country to get away from terrible living conditions and who work hard to make their lives and the lives of other members of our society better but they are the poison and not the lazy entitled americans living off of welfare complaining about no jobs to have

it not capitalist bs it is the facts

potdnewb posted...

your point is highly myopic
farms, hotels, kitchens, janitorial services, construction, painters, landscapers, etc jobs all over the country filled by people who came to this country to get away from terrible living conditions and who work hard to make their lives and the lives of other members of our society better but they are the poison and not the lazy entitled americans living off of welfare complaining about no jobs to have

it not capitalist bs it is the facts

yeah his point is pretty bad. Of course more people would take farm jobs and the like if they paid $200 an hour, DUH. But even if those jobs were paid fairly (say, $40 an hour) the Dey took mah jerbs crowd would not take those jobs, theyre grueling. People faint and even die from the sun and heat, some people even quit right after lunch break

potdnewb posted...

your point is highly myopic
farms, hotels, kitchens, janitorial services, construction, painters, landscapers, etc jobs all over the country filled by people who came to this country to get away from terrible living conditions and who work hard to make their lives and the lives of other members of our society better but they are the poison and not the lazy entitled americans living off of welfare complaining about no jobs to have

it not capitalist bs it is the facts

Because they accept way lower wages and horrible working conditions. That's why they're working there. Capitalists are taking advantage of them.

Imagine calling people lazy and entitled for wanting a proper wage enough to afford the insane housing crisis the entire Western world is facing. Why do you think these people are even on welfare? For the fuck of it?

InfinityMonster posted...

Because they accept way lower wages and horrible working conditions. That's why they're working there. Capitalists are taking advantage of them.

Imagine calling people lazy and entitled for wanting a proper wage enough to afford the insane housing crisis the entire Western world is facing. Why do you think these people are even on welfare? For the fuck of it?

again, the mah jerbs crowd would not take those jobs even if they were paid much more.

InfinityMonster posted...

Because they accept way lower wages and horrible working conditions. That's why they're working there. Capitalists are taking advantage of them.

Imagine calling people lazy and entitled for wanting a proper wage enough to afford the insane housing crisis the entire Western world is facing. Why do you think these people are even on welfare? For the fuck of it?

since most of those jobs require actual tax paperwork they actually make the same as anyone else in those positions
the concept that they make less and work in terrible conditions is a by in large falsity and used to justify why americans wont do those jobs when in truth its because those jobs are too hard and too physical for mcdonalds slurping couch sitting chain smoking americans to do
capitalism also created a stigma imparted upon the younger generations that manual labor jobs are menial and provide no benefit to society which is a huge lie

Tell that orange turd that this nation was built on the backs of immigrants.

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It was only a matter of time. They can't help themself.

The_shibe posted...

again, the mah jerbs crowd would not take those jobs even if they were paid much more.

This isn't about a specific crowd.

60% of sanitation workers in NYC are white dudes. A lot of themselves are Trump supporters that come from Staten Island.

They start off at about $50k and easily hit $100k in about 4 years. Tons of benefits and a pension. 100% of the DSNY are legal Americans. Sanitation here is an extremely dirty and risky job. Something like the 4th riskiest job overall. They all do it because they're paid well.

potdnewb posted...

since most of those jobs require actual tax paperwork they actually make the same as anyone else in those positions
the concept that they make less and work in terrible conditions is a by in large falsity and used to justify why americans wont do those jobs when in truth its because those jobs are too hard and too physical for mcdonalds slurping couch sitting chain smoking americans to do
capitalism also created a stigma imparted upon the younger generations that manual labor jobs are menial and provide no benefit to society which is a huge lie

Incorrect. See above.