'Invasion.' 'Killers.' How Donald Trump describes immigrants at his campaign rallies
Those are among the words President Donald Trump repeatedly uses while discussing illegal immigration during his campaign rallies, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the transcripts from more than five dozen of those events.
Trump has used “the hell out of our country” at least 43 times during his rallies. In virtually all of those cases, he was referring to immigrants in the country illegally. “The use of repetition – a propaganda mainstay – points to an intention by Trump to impose a way of thinking about his designated targets,” she said.
The United States has a deep history with violence directed at ethnic and racial minorities that predates Trump. It's also true that other mass shooters have indicated support for Democrats. But the president's rhetoric is unusual in the intensity he brings to his attacks. Even Trump's supporters acknowledge he speaks differently than most politicians. For some, that’s part of his appeal.
But as far back as his campaign, Trump has often conflated gangs with broader immigration. Some studies suggest immigrants in the country illegally are far less likely to commit crimes than citizens, in part because to do so risks capture and deportation. Trump launched his White House run in 2015 with a speech alleging that foreign countries were"sending people that have lots of problems" including, he said at the time,"rapists." But Trump dropped the word from his rally stump speech before he became president. It has occasionally cropped up during official events on immigration, including in January.
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