Our President, Donald J. Trump, was at (yet) another rally in Florida yesterday.
When he asked the crowd “What do we do about illegal immigration?”, someone yelled “Shoot them!”, to which Trump and the crowd laughed and cheered. Trump then said “Only in the Panhandle can you say that.”
Here is where we are folks. Trump supporters wanted to shoot illegal immigrants. Instead of the President correcting the deranged lunatic, Trump encouraged him.
Got to love a president that essentially signals with his behavior that violence is a perfectly acceptable way for grown adults to handle things that they take issue with.
I would really like to hear from our hardcore Trump supporters and explain how this is in any way acceptable from the President (or any President) of the United States.
I have to give CNN some credit for actually not editing out the part where Trump says “We can’t let them (border patrol) use weapons. I would never allow that”. It sort of undermined their theme, but at least they made it available.
Other countries shoot invaders. We can’t do that, of course. That’s why we need a wall. If there’s a wall people can’t get over a wall. They will turn around and go home if there is a wall. Without a wall what are we supposed to do? Some people have suggested landmines. I’m not sure. All options have to be considered. That’s all I’m saying. Either you have a wall or you do something else. What is it going to be? I don’t know.