What he called them · 2024 campaign · № 112
Said of some migrants 'In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion'
“I don't know if you call them people. In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion. But I'm not allowed to say that because the radical left says that's a terrible thing to say.”
- Said
- , Rally for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, Vandalia, Ohio
- Subject
- Migrants accused of crimes
- Target
- Immigrants
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
Later in the same speech Trump called migrants 'animals.' It was also the speech in which he warned of a 'bloodbath' if he lost. AP and NPR covered the remarks. He repeated the idea through 2024, telling a Detroit audience on June 15, 2024, 'I said, no, they're not human beings. These are animals.'