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full screen Presidential candidate Donald Trump says illegal immigrants bring “bad genes” to the country. Archive image. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/TT
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says in a radio interview that illegal immigrants bring “bad genes” to the United States.
The statement came as Trump criticized his Democratic rival in the presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris, when he referred to data that there are thousands of immigrants in the United States who are not detained, despite being convicted of murder.
– You know, a killer – I believe this, it’s in their genes. We have a lot of bad genes in our country right now, the former president told conservative host Hugh Hewitt.
The White House quickly condemned Trump’s remarks as “abhorrent.”
– That type of language is hateful, it is disgusting, it is inappropriate and does not belong in our country, says White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.