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I don't care about defending Haitians, I care about the facts of the matter. If there was actually a confirmed case of a Haitian eating someone's cat and Trump mentioned it I might still think its crude and unbecoming of a presidential candidate but it being real would make all the difference.
What's deeply disturbing about this episode is how Trump could casually make such a baseless claim about a specific community of immigrants in this country and get away with it. Not just immigrants in general, he said something untrue about a specific community in a specific town which has lead to harassment of said community. And this guy is still a serious candidate for president? Remember when this got you disqualified in a presidential race?
Oh how times have changed.
I already quoted enough relevant excerpts to make the case but you could also read your own article and find out for yourself.
I got over being flabbergasted by Trump being able to say crazy shit and get away with it in 2016. This is part of why I say things to the effect that you are insulated from how angry the common man is, and how they will adjust their "moral slider" when in such a state. And I don't say it or mean it in a condescending or negative way although I do know it comes off that way sometimes and I'm sorry about that.
But "lower class" people are... we're angry in a way that anyone not at this rung of society just couldn't understand. I don't mind admitting that. And that's across party lines.