Trump Accuses Obama Administration of ‘Letting People Pour Into’ U.S. ‘So They Can Go and Vote’
National Border Patrol Council Has Endorsed Trump
In another attempt to claim the election is rigged, Donald Trump Friday morning accused the Obama administration of intentionally not enforcing the border so people from Mexico can enter the U.S. illegally to vote – presumably for Hillary Clinton. Trump made his remarks from Trump Tower, where he first launched his presidential campaign calling Mexicans “rapists.”Â
Ironically, perhaps, Trump was addressing the union that represents border patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council, which has endorsed the Republican nominee. In other words, Trump told union bosses their members are not doing their jobs, yet they did not condemn his remarks.
Wall Street Journal reporter Reid Epstein, covering the Trump campaign, and other reporters, posted Trump’s remarks to Twitter:
Trump on illegal immigrants and the vote per @reidepstein pic.twitter.com/ZH4oHRtmgv
— Holly Bailey (@hollybdc) October 7, 2016
“They are letting people pour into this country so they can go and vote,†Trump says of illegal immigrants at NY roundtable per pool report.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 7, 2016
MANHATTAN —
Trump meets with National Border Patrol Council at TT. He says ppl coming over border just to vote. He calls it a “disgrace.”
— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) October 7, 2016
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Image by Michael Vadon via Flickr and a CC licenseÂ
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