Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says failed former president Donald Trump is right to warn his supporters that immigrants to the United States are “poisoning the blood” of the country.
Trump made those comments Saturday during a campaign rally in Durham, New Hampshire, remarking, “They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in South America… but all over the world.”
“They’re coming into our country, from Africa, from Asia, all over the world. They’re pouring into our country. Nobody is even looking at them, they just come in and the crime is going to be tremendous, the terrorism is going to be.”
Graham was asked by Kristen Welker of NBC News if Trump’s Hitleresque language bothered him.
“The Biden campaign has accused former President Trump of, quote, parroting Adolf Hitler,” Welker noted. “Are the President’s comments representative of how you and other Republicans feel?”
Graham replied, “76% of the American people, not Donald Trump, believe the border is broken. They’re worried about fentanyl coming over and killing their kids.”
Welker: “But what about his language, Senator? Just that language, that poisoning the blood.”
The senator doubled down.
“I’m worried about an outcome. He is right. He had the border secured, the lowest in 40 years, in December of 2020.”
“To the Biden administration, you’re talking about Donald Trump’s language,” he continued. “As you sit on the sidelines and allowed the country to be invaded, 172 people on the terrorist watch list have come on your watch.”
But what about the evocation of language used by Adolf Hitler? Welker pressed.
Graham got angry.
“You know, we’re talking about language. I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right.”
“If you think you’re going to win the debate on illegal immigration by picking a line out of the Trump speech. Most Americans understand the game has to change, that we’re under threat, that we’re going to get attacked, that our border has completely been obliterated.”
Hillary Clinton was absolutely right when she called Trump and his defenders “deplorables.”
