Is Trump Really Anti-Latino? Really?

The NiLP Report

Are you not sure that President Doanld Trump is anti-Latino? If not then take a look at this compilation of Trump quotations and actions before making a decision on whether he is or not (BTW, we think he is):

• 1989: Trump spent $85,000 placing full-page ads in the four daily papers in New York City, calling for the return of the death penalty, saying: "Muggers and murderers should be forced to suffer" The falsely accused were Latinos and African-Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/why-trump-doubled-down-on-the-central-park-five.html?mcubz=0&_r=0
• June 5, 2013: Twitter: "Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and Hispanics-a tough subject-must be discussed." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/342190428675796992)
• July 10, 2014: Trump: "When will the U.S. stop sending $'s to our enemies, i.e. Mexico and others." Twitter (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/487316463204986880)
• February 2015: Trump's Twitter: "The Mexican legal system is corrupt, as is much of Mexico. Pay me the money that is owed me now - and stop sending criminals over our border" http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/
• March 5, 2015: Trump's Twitter: Mexico's court system corrupt.I want nothing to do with Mexico other than to build an impenetrable WALL and stop them from ripping off U.S." http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/
• April 2015: At an event hosted by Texas Patriots PAC: "Everything's coming across the border: the illegals, the cars, the whole thing. It's like a big mess. Blah. It's like vomit." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• June 2015: At a speech announcing his campaign: "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." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• June 2015: On CNN: Donald Trump said he would force the people of Mexico to build his vowed border wall to keep immigrants out of the United States, warning that if his order was not fulfilled, he would do something "severe." Trump also doubled - or more like quadrupled - down on his controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants, saying they aren't just "bad," but that they're "really bad."http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump-i-would-force-mexico-build-border-wall
• June 2015: "After his anti-Latino remarks, Donald Trump was asked to clarify his comments on CNN's "State of the Union". Instead, he decided to call Mexicans "killers," as well." (from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_us_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b)
• June / August 2015 (re the wall): "-- "I would build a great wall -- and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me -- and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall," Trump said in his announcement speech. June 2015. -- "And I don't mind having a big, beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally. But we need, Jeb, to build a wall. We need to keep illegals out," Trump told opponent Jeb Bush in the first Republican debate. August 2015. (From http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/politics/donald-trump-mexico-statements/index.html)
• July 2015: In rambling remarks from a CNN phone interview scheduled to air Wednesday night, Trump blamed immigrants for "mind-boggling" rape statistics and when asked for proof of his statement he answered: "Well, somebody's doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody's doing it! Who's doing the raping? Who's doing the raping?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/donald-trump-immigrants_n_7709798.html
• July 2015: "He Took A Jab At Jeb Bush Over His Mexican-Born Wife" (via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_us_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b)
• August 2015: "So true. Jeb Bush is crazy, who cares that he speaks Mexican, this is America, English!!" (via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_us_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b)
• August 2015: On NBC's "Meet the Press": "We're going to keep the families together, we have to keep the families together, but they have to go." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• August 2015: Twitter: "We must stop the crime and killing machine that is illegal immigration. Rampant problems will only get worse. Take back our country!" (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/630906211790102528)
• August 2015: "He Said His Followers Were "Passionate" After Being Told Two Men Beat A Hispanic Man In His Name" (via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_us_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b)
• August 2015: claiming that Mexican officials actually "send the bad ones" to the U.S. "The Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. They send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them," http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-outrageous-comments-mexicans-article-1.2773214
• September 2015: On CBS's "60 Minutes": "We're rounding 'em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. And they're going to be happy because they want to be legalized. And, by the way, I know it doesn't sound nice. But not everything is nice." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• March 2016: At a press conference when asked if he would consider allowing undocumented immigrants to stay: "We either have a country or we don't. We either have a country or we don't. We have borders or we don't have borders. And at this moment, the answer is absolutely not." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• March 1, 2016: "You look at countries like Mexico, where they're killing us on the border, absolutely destroying us on the border. They're destroying us in terms of economic development." (http://time.com/4245134/super-tuesday-donald-trump-victory-speech-transcript-full-text/)
• April 2016: a priest in NY "...Republican around here knows very well that this is the road where Marcelo was killed. Holding this fundraiser here is a finger in the eye of the Latino community. I mean, the Emporium is even kind of a dumpy place," https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/14/donald-trump-long-island-hate-crime-marcelo-lucero
• May 2016: "-- "Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!" Trump tweeted with a picture of him enjoying a taco bowl on the Mexican holiday. May 2016." (via http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/politics/donald-trump-mexico-statements/index.html)
• May 2016: Trump's Twitter: "Everybody is talking about the protesters burning the American flags and proudly waving Mexican flags. I want America First - so do voters!" http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/
• June 3, 2016: "I've been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall, OK? I'm building a wall. I am going to do very well with the Hispanics, the Mexicans." (from http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2016/06/03/tapper-to-trump-is-that-not-the-definition-of-racism/)
• August 2016: "Businesses are leaving our country like they've never left before. They're going all over. They're going to Mexico, that I can tell you. Mexico is like the eighth wonder of the world." (from http://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/)
• August 2016 The Hispanic Advisory Council (https://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/the-rise-and-fall-of-trumps-hispanic-advisory-council?utm_term=.itNk4kdDWd#.alYG6G2dY2)
• September 1, 2016: Hateful Trump's (anti)Immigration Speech in Arizona//www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/us/politics/transcript-trump-immigration-speech.html?mcubz=0
• September 2016: Stephen Miller called the Hispanic departing Republican Advisory council members "professional amnesty lobbyists" http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/RNC-Trump-rift-immigration/2016/09/03/id/746548/
• September 2016: On "The Dr. Oz Show": "Well, under my plan the undocumented or, as you would say, illegal immigrant wouldn't be in the country rhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-to-end-daca-report-politico_us_59acaa61e4b0b5e530ff6e88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009&slideshow=true#gallery/57e97a73e4b0e28b2b55888d/0
• October 6, 2016: "Latinos, they like to be called in that area." (http://www.politicususa.com/2016/10/06/ignorant-donald-trump-insults-hispanics-practice-town-hall-event-hampshire.html)
• o October 19, 2016: DONALD TRUMP: We're going to secure the border, and once the border is secured at a later date we'll make a determination as to the rest, but we have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out. [CNN, Debate Night in America, 10/19/16] (via https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2016/10/20/why-donald-trump-s-bad-hombres-comment-offensive-latinos/213995)
• November 2016: Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos was forcibly removed from the presidential candidate's Iowa press conference. (from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9-outrageous-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-latinos_us_55e483a1e4b0c818f618904b)
• November 6, 2016: ""They kept a poll open 'til 10 o'clock at night so a certain group could vote," referring to Clark County, which is 30 percent Hispanic." (from http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ends-his-campaignsurprise-surpriseby-insulting-latinos)
• January 2017: a cabinet that has no Latinos at all (http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-latinos-20170119-story.html)
• August 2017: Pardoning of Joe Arpaio: "... after more than fifty years of admirable service to our Nation, he is a worthy candidate for a Presidential pardon." the White House said https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/25/president-trump-pardons-sheriff-joe-arpaio
• September 5, 2017: ending DACA
• Crowds at his rallies, for the last 16 months have chanted "Build the Wall," a rallying cry of thinly veiled racism.

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