Referring to border agents who deal with undocumented border crossers, Trump brought up the possibility of using deadly force, but quickly ruled out the idea, saying he “would never do that.”
“And don’t forget — we don’t let them and we can’t let them use weapons. We can’t,” Trump said. “Other countries do. We can’t. I would never do that. But how do you stop these people? You can’t. There’s—”
Before Trump could finish his thought, a woman in the audience yelled out. While it was unclear exactly what she said during television coverage of the event, numerous eyewitnesses reported she said, “Shoot them!”
This isn't that far-fetched. Federal agents have been dealing with self-deputized militia wingnuts seizing (pretty much kidnapping) Latinos at the border. It's only a matter of time - if it hasn't been happening already - before those gun nuts decide to make their lives easier and start leaving bodies behind.
trump keeps egging his audience on. he's been pandering to their hate towards Latinos (and all other ethnics) ever since he started campaigning, and he's personally been like that since his racist behavior as a landlord from the 1970s onward. he knows what he's doing: Get the audience to buy into the idea of using violence, and then trigger them into action when he'll need them armed and angry the most.
trump will never disavow such talk. trump wants this talk to keep his base primed for the worst.
And the rest of us are going to have to clean up his goddamn mess when all that's left are the blood and tears.
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He doesn't care if someone gets killed as long as it helps him get reelected so he stays out of jail.
-Doug in Oakland
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