In his recent speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they've taken painstaking efforts to edit it, trying to portray Trump as labeling all immigrants as animals. Biden-Harris HQ's Twitter account went as far as to release a seven-second snippet of the speech, accompanied by a caption reinforcing their claim that Trump views all migrants as animals.
Trump: Democrats said please don’t call immigrants animals. I said, no, they’re not humans, they’re animals pic.twitter.com/yJ7fFHEUlh
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 2, 2024
Yet, that snippet hardly captures the full story. Watching the entire speech reveals that Trump wasn't making a blanket statement about all immigrants but rather referring specifically to undocumented migrants involved in criminal activities, like the illegal immigrant responsible for the murder of Laken Riley.
Nevertheless, the damage from this misinformation has been spreading like wild fire amongst liberals. Even CNN's Wolf Blitzer attempted to peddle this entirely false narrative during a segment with commentator Scott Jennings. Fortunately, Jennings was quick to school Wolf, pointing out the carefully crafted and deceptive nature of the clip.
CNN gets roasted for pushing the "animals" hoax:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 3, 2024
"[Pres. Trump] was specifically talking about the person who MURDERED Laken Riley," says @ScottJenningsKY. "That poor girl was murdered in cold blood. Is that person who did it not an animal?" pic.twitter.com/wIfz3coTD7
From Western Journal:
“I listened to the entire tape,” he responded. “He was specifically talking about the person who murdered Laken Riley in Georgia.”
“And to be honest with you, Wolf, if somebody murders another human being, I think they deserve to be called ‘animals,’ and I don’t think any American is really going to reject that kind of rhetoric,” Jennings continued.
“That poor girl was murdered in cold blood. Is that person who did it not an animal?” he asked. “I think that’s an apt term.”
“So you think he was only referring to those murderers, not referring in general to illegal immigrants who coming into the United States?” Blitzer asked — as if there were any doubt.
“I listened to the tape, that’s exactly what he was talking about in my opinion,” Jennings said firmly.
