By Mark Gray
2:30am PST, Jan 13, 2024
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He did it again.
At a political rally in Durham, New Hampshire, on Dec. 16, Donald Trump said something stunning that left many people disgusted — and others thinking "meh."
While speaking about immigration and immigrants coming to America, he said, "They're poisoning the blood of our country. 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…" After his comments made their way to social media and news feeds, they were likened to things said by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who wrote about "blood poisoning" in his book "Mein Kampf" — "All great cultures of the past perished only because the originally creative race died out from blood poisoning."
Trump doubled down on his statements on his Truth Social social media platform, penning, "Illegal immigration is poisoning the blood of our nation. They're coming from prisons, from mental institutions — from all over the world."
Following his statements, several people from the entertainment, news and political worlds reacted. Many condemned the former POTUS, but not everyone…
Keep reading to see what everyone is saying…
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"He's disgusting and what he's doing is dog whistling to Americans who feel absolutely under stress and strain from the economy and conflicts around the world. He's dog whistling to blame it on people from areas that don't look like us.
The other problem with this is the Republicans who are saying this is OK… You're telling me that someone who says 'immigrants are poisoning the blood' of this country, someone who says Vladimir Putin is a character witness is fit to be president of the United States? … It's not OK for an American president to be saying these things." –Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie via CNN
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"Another ratcheting up of fascist, anti-American rhetoric by the likely GOP nominee.
Here, Trump favorably quotes Putin calling America 'rotten,' borrows talking points from Hitler, and gains momentum from Republican voters. The danger to democracy builds." —TV host and political commentator Joe Scarborough
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"It is language that's meant to divide us. It is language that I think people have rightfully found similar to the language of Hitler" –Vice President Kamala Harris
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"The anti reality fascist movement" –actor John Cusack
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"The only person poisoning the blood of America is Donald Trump." –actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner
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"Donald Trump channeled his role models as he parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten American democracy.
Trump is not shying away from his plan to lock up millions of people into detention camps and continues to lie about that time when Joe Biden obliterated him by over 7 million votes three years ago" — President Joe Biden's campaign said in a statement.
