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Donald Trump is a lot of things and now he is officially a Republican presidential candidate.
Donald Trump is asking to be taken seriously but with comments against one of the fastest growing populations in the United States very few believe its anything more than a publicity stunt.
On Tuesday, June 16, Trump launched his campaign and began speaking about the relationship between Mexico and the United States.
Donald Trump is asking to be taken seriously but with comments against one of the fastest growing populations in the United States very few believe its anything more than a publicity stunt.
On Tuesday, June 16, Trump launched his campaign and began speaking about the relationship between Mexico and the United States.
“[Mexico] are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs, and bringing crime, and their rapists,” the business mogul said.
Essentially, Trump put a blanketed statement on calling out Mexicans as drug dealers and rapists. As a way to combat these issues Trump claims he would build a “great, great wall” on the Mexican-American border.
“The US has become a dumping ground for everyone else’s problems,” he said.
Many US Latinos were angered by the statements Trump made. Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretary, Jose Antonio Meade, said Trump's comments show 'a profound ignorance of the reality of Mexicans and of the migrant contribution to that society."
An artist Dalton Javier Avalos Ramirez made a DonaldTrump piñata. “A lot of Mexicans are angry at this person,” said Avalos Ramirez. “We’ve made piñatas of controversial people in the past and we thought it would be a good idea to make a piñata of Trump because a lot of people would like to hit him.”
“The US has become a dumping ground for everyone else’s problems,” he said.
Many US Latinos were angered by the statements Trump made. Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretary, Jose Antonio Meade, said Trump's comments show 'a profound ignorance of the reality of Mexicans and of the migrant contribution to that society."
An artist Dalton Javier Avalos Ramirez made a DonaldTrump piñata. “A lot of Mexicans are angry at this person,” said Avalos Ramirez. “We’ve made piñatas of controversial people in the past and we thought it would be a good idea to make a piñata of Trump because a lot of people would like to hit him.”
Fher Olvera, front-leader in Mexican Rock Band Mana said "It makes me sad because Mexicans have come to help build this country and it is sad that someone with so much hatred in his heart has a microphone to say these things,” he said about the statements made by Trump, after he announced his presidential nomination for the Republican Party on Tuesday.
Hilary Clinton, although not calling out Trump by name, took a swipe at his statements as well.
"Unfortunately, the public discourse is sometimes hotter and more negative than it should be," Clinton said. She suggested such invective could "trigger people who are less than stable to do something like" the Charleston shooting.
Donald Trump has not backed down nor apologized for his statements.
Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal
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