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The liberal media made fools out of themselves Wednesday as nearly every major news outlet rushed to breathlessly report that President Trump had called all illegal immigrants to the United States “animals.” Of course, the glaring problem with their claims was that they were totally false. And despite the fact the media had to issue reams of retractions and corrections, NBC Nightly News and Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo kept up the charade Thursday evening.
Here is Trump’s comment, complete with the full context:
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: There could be an MS-13 gang member I know about, if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them.
TRUMP: We have people trying to come into the country, trying to come in we're stopping a lot of them, but we're taking people out of the country, you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people, these are animals.
In defiance of the facts, NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander wrapped up his report about the North Korea summit by touting Mexico rebuking the President. “Also tonight, the Mexican government is calling out President Trump for describing some undocumented immigrants as animals Wednesday. Mexico telling the State Department that is unacceptable,” he hyped.
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