Liberals did not like Donald Trump’s immigration speech in Arizona. Below are some of the most unhinged responses, many from journalists. Some even attacked the “Angel Moms,” parents whose children have been killed by illegal immigrants.
Trump surrounded on Phoenix stage by “Angel Moms” who say their kids were murdered by illegal immigrants. This is pretty much a hate rally.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) September 1, 2016
@KirstenPowers Angel Moms is NOT like #MothersOfTheMovement unless you say it is the White Supremacist VERSION of it! #ThoseRNataionalists!
— Christa V Sage (@TheBaltimoreCVS) September 1, 2016
I have never heard anything so aggressively ethno-nationalist, complete with ideological & “assimilation” screening. https://t.co/fBRfX3dMpz
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 1, 2016
The way they call people “illegals” – so dehumanizing.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 1, 2016
It’s really hard to see from these seats in the back #TrumpAZ pic.twitter.com/23UAqfcZq2
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) September 1, 2016
#TrumpAZ =white guy born at top of ladder tells white ppl struggling to stay on the ladder to blame the brown ppl who prop up the ladder.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 1, 2016
This is the first Klan rally i’ve ever seen televised in my life #TrumpAZ
— Chrιs Μarvεl (@ChrisMarvel) September 1, 2016
I’d say this was the most racist speech I’ve ever heard, but I’ve never listened to a Hitler speech. #TrumpAZ
— Black Girls Rock (@qbanqt) September 1, 2016
Wasn’t this supposed to be a policy speech? Is “immigrants are scary killers” a policy? #TrumpAZ
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) September 1, 2016
Your legacy will be hatred of people & reality TV I’d rather be known for nothing than known for that @realDonaldTrump #TrumpAZ #TrumpSpeech
— Travis Flores (@travisflores) September 1, 2016
What the hell is going on? These moms Trump brought on stage are like a hate group.
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) September 1, 2016
This ‘journalist’ has the audacity to criticize mothers of children slain by illegals. @RaniaKhalek #TrumpAZ pic.twitter.com/EkiGeGHYS5
— Roark (@Roark__) September 1, 2016
Just want to point out that no one has ever compared a @HillaryClinton rally to a Nazi gathering #TrumpAZ #NeverTrump
— Tara Rodham Dublin (@taradublinrocks) September 1, 2016
What’s happening now at the Trump rally is going to incite people to commit acts of violence against immigrants. This is so gross. SO GROSS
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) September 1, 2016
As an immigrant, I’m absolutely horrified and shaking right now.
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) September 1, 2016
So Trump has his own version of “Mother of the Movement” call “Angel Moms.” Hmmm…
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) September 1, 2016
Donald Trump can NEVER be president of this country! Just can’t be allowed to happen…
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) September 1, 2016
Maybe Trump thought he could sound moderate in the day and then do his true immigrant bashing for his base at night and no one would notice.
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) September 1, 2016
What 11 million unauthorized immigrants heard from Donald Trump: be very afraid https://t.co/lh52adErDa
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 1, 2016
That should go without saying. Immigrants always had to give assurance they wouldn’t be a public charge. https://t.co/XgdIGlYMmE
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) September 1, 2016
It’s an amazing fact about US immigration debate that the below idea is considered controversial https://t.co/3PJYAOGgU1
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 1, 2016
I’ve never been so ashamed to be a mainstream American journalist. The excuses for this man I’ve heard make me want a new job
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) September 1, 2016
I hope the journalists who called this Cro-Magnon “presidential” today are resigning their jobs.
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) September 1, 2016