Trump portrayed deportation-flight passengers as dangerous criminals
At the House Republican dinner, Trump defended shackling deportation-flight passengers by portraying everyone on such a plane as a murderer, drug lord, criminal leader, or gang member. [The American Presidency Project]
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At the House Republican dinner, Trump defended shackling deportation-flight passengers by portraying everyone on such a plane as a murderer, drug lord, criminal leader, or gang member. [The American Presidency Project]
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He compared them with the fictional film Con Air. This does not establish any passenger’s conviction or a flight manifest. His specific target was plane passengers, not every immigrant. [The American Presidency Project]
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immigration · demeaning-language
The category concerns a blanket criminal characterization of deportation-flight passengers; the described target remains attached. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectTrump portrayed deportation-flight passengers as dangerous criminals — original source text
Passage beginning “But we—we were being scolded because we had them in shackles”; ensuing plane and Con Air comparison
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-house-republican-conference-dinner-miami-florida
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