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Fox News host Kilmeade defends Trump on ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ remarks

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade defended former President Trump’s comments over the weekend in which he said immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” remarks that have earned him widespread rebuke.

“He was talking about the border. He was talking about people coming from other countries, coming from prisons. And they wanted to focus on all the Sunday shows, Lawrence, on the word he used, ‘poison,’” Kilmeade said of Trump. “He’s just trying to say we want to keep America, America. We want to build up the border and find out who’s coming in and out. And they tried to say that this language was the problem.”

Kilmeade’s comments on Monday morning were first highlighted by Mediate.

Trump, during a campaign event over the weekend, railed against immigration policies set forth by the Biden administration and claimed millions of people are entering the country illegally and “poisoning the blood of our country.”

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No, Trump was talking about all non-whites. Trump also has said that Irish and Jews are not white. That's how racist these conservatives are.
- And he's also said that Jews (like myself) should be "grateful" for what he did for Israel.
  Assuming he actually did anything meaningful for Israel (which I'm not totally convinced of), there's a big problem with this. I'm an American Jew - not an Israeli citizen. Doing something good for Israel doesn't immediately impact me. I guess it gives me a place to flee if the US turns into Nazi Germany, but that's not a really good selling point - especially when Trump is echoing Nazi talking points.
  "Hey, be grateful you have someplace to run to when I open the concentration camps" isn't a line that makes me want to vote for a guy.
  The whole "we did something to benefit Israel so Jews should be grateful" is an anti-semitic trope and it's insulting when the right uses it. (And it's sad when people like my parents fall for it.)
  
  Another American Jew here. Fuck him for "helping" Israel. The worse Israel's crimes are, the more antisemitism you and I face because people think all Jews are Israelis and all Israelis are Jews.
- Wait, they're back to hating the Irish again...?
  
  I'm waiting for the Anti-Catholicism to start from the Protestants, it's coming.
He’s just trying to say we want to keep America, America.
A nation of immigrants? Because it doesn't sound like that's what they want.
- No, by "America" they mean a democracy that enjoys a peaceful transition of power after the conclusion of a lawful election. Wait, they don't want that either.
  It's almost as if MAGA just hates America.
He was talking about the border.
We know. Does he really think this makes what Trump said ok?
And who exactly does he think "America" is? Because I guarantee there was someone here before the Kilmeades or Trumps that would have preferred to stop their dumb-ass families from crossing the border.
- He's not trying to foment genocide within our borders. He's trying to foment it outside our borders. Now that we've handled that crisis, how can we ~~extermina~~ ~~eradica~~ outlaw drag queens?
And the apologists are ramping up.
Didn't they get their PP slapped hard enough over the dominion suit?
- I don't know how they can even slightly be supporting Trump with Smartmatic waiting to drain them dry.
  
  My geuss is that they think sacrificing tucker would have been enough, and that Smartmatic is going to back off now. Which certainly isn't the case.
"He just wants to keep America, America."
Translation: "He just wants to keep America white with as few black or brown people as possible. But saying that out loud at this point might be a step too far. So he's slowly backing into this while echoing Nazi sentiment. Meanwhile, I - as a FOX 'news' talking head - have to reassure everyone that repeating Nazi lines is totally a normal thing and nothing to worry about."
hates on immigrants.
is the spawn of an immigrant.
meanwhile, the white man been "poisoning" the land for centuries.
- He's also married to an immigrant.
- Trump doesn't mean white immigrants; he married one of those.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade defended former President Trump’s comments over the weekend in which he said immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” remarks that have earned him widespread rebuke.
And they wanted to focus on all the Sunday shows, Lawrence, on the word he used, ‘poison,’” Kilmeade said of Trump.
Trump, during a campaign event over the weekend, railed against immigration policies set forth by the Biden administration and claimed millions of people are entering the country illegally and “poisoning the blood of our country.”
Critics quickly drew comparisons to Adolf Hitler, who used similar rhetoric with President Biden’s campaign accusing him of “parroting” the infamous dictator.
The former president’s comments come after he was asked directly by Fox News host Sean Hannity if he would act like a dictator himself if he were elected president again, answering “only on day one,” before saying his first goals would be to seal the southern border and ramp up efforts by the U.S. to drill for oil.
Kilmeade said leading Democrats and media figures are trying to make people “fearful” of a second Trump term so they will “hold their nose” and vote for Biden.
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I agree with the comments here, but one thing I think it being missed is how this is a campaign fallacy built on a lie to install fear against "The Immigrant". Last time this whole thing about millions of illegals crossing the border was brought up I seem to recall it pointed out that most illegal citizens aren't the stereotype "poors" that are painted in this rhetoric, but are coming via plane and just aren't documented legally.
Fascist Sympathizer defends Fascist, news @ 11.
- 'Fascist sympathizer' can be conveniently shortened to 'fascist'
This is damage control.
Trump used a Hitler line in a prepared speech. The media pointed out the connection to Hitler. Then he used the exact same line again in another prepared speech.
Now the conservative media machine needs to help guide people on how to wave this away until after the election. What better way to do this than to demonstrate arguments that his supporters can make.
If people try to use these arguments, then ask them if they would have supported Hitler in 1938. If they say no, then ask them why they support someone who is saying the same things today. Don't even give these arguments a shred of daylight.

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