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Donald Trumps foul-mouthed migrant rant captured in private pitch to donors
Republican nominee claims Harris is threat to democracy in recording of top-dollar fundraiser in Colorado in August
The Guardian obtained a 12-minute recording of a speech that the Republican presidential nominee gave at a dinner on 10 August in Aspen, Colorado, where attendees were required to donate anywhere from $25,000 to $500,000 a couple.
Trump devoted most of his address to border security and immigration, recycling xenophobic claims now familiar from his rallies. Radical leftwing lunatics want people to come in from prisons, mental institutions and insane asylums, he asserted without evidence, adding that the US was harbouring a record number of terrorists.
The former president insisted that smart, very streetwise leaders of Venezuela and other South American countries were sending murderers and drug dealers to the US to reduce their own crime rates, relieve the burden on their prisons and save money.
Trump cited a false example of 22 people he claimed had come to the US after being released from prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We said, Where do you come from? They said, Prison. What did you do? None of your fucking business what we did. You know why? Because theyre murderers.
The candidate added, I hate to use that foul language, apparently recognising that his use of the F-word went further than his campaign rallies. The Congolese government has said there is no truth to Trumps statements.
The candidate went on: These are the toughest people. These people are coming in from Africa, from the Middle East. Theyre coming in from all parts of Asia, the bad parts, the parts where theyre rough, and the only thing good is they make our criminals look extremely nice. They make our Hells Angels look like the nicest people on earth.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/trump-fundraiser-recording
Ferrets are Cool
(21,984 posts)because they came from social media.
madashelltoo
(1,782 posts)In response to where are you coming from. No f#% ing body! The lies are getting increasingly more fantastical in his desperation.
Emrys
(8,042 posts)Welp, there goes the Hell's Angels vote.
PurgedVoter
(2,400 posts)There is a reason it is brave to put up a Harris sign in front of your house. There is a reason why it is brave to stand up to the nonsense. These people are happy to carry guns in a way that is just short of brandishing. If you use fear to influence, then you just might be a terrorist. If the fear you are inciting is base on deceit, then all you have is fear, no valid reason, so the only thing you have is hate and terrorism.
slightlv
(4,416 posts)someone asking for asylum (refuge) and insane asylums. You can't deal rationally with an irrational person, as my Abnormal Psych Prof told me one college year. And trump is the most irrational person anywhere, I'd say. No facts, no numbers, no amount of data will dissuade his "genius"... argh!