During a wild event in Ohio on Saturday night, former President Trump called some undocumented immigrants “not people” and threatened to create a “bloodbath” if he is not reelected.
Trump gave a speech on Saturday in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, in support of Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. On Tuesday, Moreno will compete head-to-head in the primary against Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state senator Matt Dolan.
The remarks made by the former president regarding immigrants who are accused of crimes occur at a time when immigration is still a crucial political topic in 2024.
He remarked at the gathering, “I’m not sure if you call them people.” “I think that in certain circumstances, they’re not even individuals. But the radical left believes it’s a bad thing to say, so I’m not allowed to say that.
In addition, Trump warned of a catastrophic outcome if he lost in November, stating that Joe Biden would destroy the American economy.
“To put it mildly, there will be a slaughter for the entire community if I am not chosen. Trump declared, “It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country,” in reference to his proposal to impose high taxes on imported automobiles.
The remarks were condemned by the Biden campaign as part of Trump’s “threats of political violence.”
Campaign spokesman James Singer said in a statement, “He wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge.”
Trump’s remarks On Saturday, he repeated his derogatory remarks about immigration from the beginning of his 2016 presidential campaign, when he referred to Mexicans as “rapists,” and more recently, when he said that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
The last remark prompted comparisons to comparable passages in Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” which Trump has refuted and condemned.
With Moreno or Dolan leading in recent surveys, the three-way Republican contest for Ohio’s Senate nomination is predicted to be close.
Trump and his friends have thrown their support behind Moreno, while more centrist political figures in the Buckeye State, such as former Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Governor Mike DeWine (R), support Dolan.
According to general election surveys, Dolan is the more formidable opponent for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is going to have a challenging battle to hold onto a crucial Senate seat that is vital to the Democrats’ attempts to maintain their slender majority.