During comments ostensibly about the new tax law in West Virginia on Thursday, President Trump reiterated his comment from the launch of his presidential campaign that Mexicans are "rapists."
"Remember my opening remarks at Trump Tower when I opened," he said Thursday. "Everybody said, oh, he was so tough. I used the word rape. Yesterday it came out where this journey coming up, women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before." He was referencing the caravan of asylum-seekers, mostly from Honduras, who are currently heading north in Mexico.
Trump appeared to be saying that the caravan was somehow responsible for the rape of women. There is no evidence this is true.
Trump, when he announced his campaign, said, "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
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