What he called them · 2016 campaign · № 25
Opened his campaign by saying Mexico was sending people who are 'bringing crime' and are 'rapists'
“When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
- Said
- , Presidential campaign announcement, Trump Tower, New York
- Subject
- Mexican immigrants
- Target
- Immigrants
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
Trump made the remark in the speech launching his 2016 presidential campaign. He did not retract it; he repeated the line nearly word for word in a Barbara Walters interview for ABC on November 20, 2015. Univision dropped the Miss USA pageant, and on June 29, 2015 NBC said it was ending its business relationship with Trump and would not air the Miss USA or Miss Universe pageants, citing his remarks about Mexican immigrants. Mexican broadcaster Televisa said Mexico would not send a contestant to Miss Universe. He repeated the line on ABC on November 20, 2015, and in 2024 and 2025 said other countries were 'not sending their best.'
Sources
- Speech: Donald Trump Announces His Candidacy in New York, NY - June 16, 2015
- Here's Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Speech
- Interview: Barbara Walters of ABC Interviews Donald Trump and Family - November 20, 2015
- Speech: Donald Trump Announces His Candidacy in New York, NY - June 16, 2015
- NBC Cuts Donald Trump After He Called Mexicans 'Rapists'