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Trump Just Said He Doesn’t Feel Bad For Gassing Kids At Border, ‘It’s a Very Minor Form of Tear Gas’
Donald Trump defended the use of tear gas against asylum seekers at the border, telling reporters that it was a “very minor form of tear gas” and questioning why migrants were trying to cross the border.
“First of all, the tear gas is a very minor form of the tear gas itself. It’s very safe,” Trump told reporters Monday evening in Mississippi.
“But you really say, why is a parent running up into an area where they know the tear gas is forming? And it’s going to be formed and they’re running up with a child,” he added.
Photos circulated on Monday showing women and children at a port of entry near San Diego fleeing tear gas, which was fired by Customs and Border Protection agents.
The CBP said in a statement Monday that agents fired the tear gas after migrants attempted crossing the border illegally, some of them throwing rocks at border agents.
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Trump earlier Monday said that border agents were forced to fire the tear gas.
“They had to use because they were being rushed by some very tough people and they used tear gas. And here’s the bottom line: nobody’s coming into our country unless they come in legally,” he told reporters.
In his comments Monday evening, Trump also claimed without evidence that some asylum seekers trying to cross the border were only pretending to be parents because of “certain advantages” that come with having a child.
“In some cases, they’re not the parents. These are people — they call them grabbers. They grab a child because they think they’re going to have a certain status by having a child,” he said.
“You have certain advantages in terms of our crazy laws that, frankly, Congress should be changing. If you changed the laws, you wouldn’t be having this problem,” Trump added.
As you could imagine, people were furious:
Let’s pepper spray him and see how “safe” he thinks it is….
— Feral Shouting Yam (@pamboy712) November 27, 2018
Fucking heartless prick
— tara strong (@tarastrong) November 27, 2018
I don’t think I could loathe him any more yet everyday I do
— SpicyFiles (@SpicyFiles) November 27, 2018
Cool.
Why doesn't he get sprayed with it to demonstrate just how safe and minor it is?
— Vivienne Gucwa (@travelinglens) November 27, 2018
Trump always goes into the crossed arms pose when he does something terrible that a normal person would feel guilty about & into the genital heart framing pose when he's with a world leader. Mr. Body Language Reveals. Yuck,????
— Judy (@wordsanddeeds2) November 27, 2018
WATCH:
Trump is asked how he felt seeing images of women and children running from tear gas.
"Well, I do say why are they there? I mean, I have to start off first of all, the tear gas is a very minor form of the tear gas itself. It's very safe." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/DekzOeIu3w
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 27, 2018
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