Donald Trump: Again talks of Immigrants “poisoning the blood” of the United States

Reuters reports that Donald Trump on the campaign trail proclaimed that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country.”  The language, which he had used previously, has drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing of Nazi rhetoric.

Trump made the comments during a campaign event in New Hampshire where he identified immigration as a major issue. Trump has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second four-year term in office.

“They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump told a rally attended by several thousand supporters. “All over the world they are pouring into our country.”

Trump used the same “poisoning the blood” language during an interview with The National Pulse, a right-leaning website, that was published in September. It prompted a rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League, whose leader, Jonathan Greenblatt, called the language “racist, xenophobic and despicable.”

Jason Stanley, a professor and author of a book on fascism, said Trump’s repeated use of that language was dangerous. According to Reuters, “[h]e said Trump’s words echoed the rhetoric of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who warned against German blood being poisoned by Jews in his political treatise `Mein Kampf.'”

KJ