BuzzFeed News
By Andrew Kaczynski
July 9, 2015
Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday compared undocumented
Mexican immigrants to the “hardcore criminals” Fidel Castro sent to the
United States
in the early 1980s.
Speaking
on conservative radio, the real estate mogul addressed the controversy
surrounding his characterization of Mexican immigrants as “rapists” in
his presidential
announcement speech.
“A
lot of people said, ‘Would you apologize?’ I said, ‘Absolutely, I’d
apologize, if there was something to apologize for,” Trump told radio
host Wayne Dupree on Wednesday.
“But
what I said is exactly true. You understand that, Wayne. And what I’m
saying — and I have great respect for the Mexican people. I love the
Mexican people. I have
many Mexicans working for me and they’re great.”
“But
that’s — we’re not talking about — we’re talking about a government
that’s much smarter than our government,” Trump continued. “Much
sharper, more cunning than our
government, and they’re sending people.”
Trump
then went on to compare the immigrants coming into the country from
Mexico to Cuban exiles who came to the U.S. as a part of the Mariel
boatlift in 1980. Many of
those exiles were later found to be inmates released from Cuban prisons
and mental health facilities.
“And
they’re sending — if you remember, years ago, when Castro opened up his
jails, his prisons, and he sent them all over to the United States
because let the United
States have them,” Trump stated. “And you know, these were the many
hardcore criminals that he sent over. And, you know, that was a long
time ago but essentially Mexico is sending over — as an example, this
horrible guy that killed a beautiful woman in San
Francisco. Mexico doesn’t want him. So they send him over. How do you
think he got over here five times? They push him out. They’re pushing
their problems onto the United States, and we don’t talk about it
because our politicians are stupid.”
Trump
then took credit for bringing to the public’s attention the death of
the San Francisco woman killed by an undocumented immigrant.
“I
don’t even think it’s a question of, uh, good politics. I think they’re
just stupid. I don’t think they know what they’re doing. So I bring it
up and, you’re right,
it became a big story,” said Trump.
“And
I’ll tell you something: the young woman that was killed — that was a
statistic. That wasn’t even a story. My wife brought it up to me. She
said, you know, she saw
this little article about the young woman in San Francisco that was
killed, and I did some research and I found out that she was killed by
this animal … who illegally came into the country many times, by the
way, and who has a long record of convictions. And
I went public with it and now it’s the biggest story in the world right
now. … Her life will be very important for a lot of reasons, but one of
them would be that she’s throwing light and showing light on what’s
happening in this country.”
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