Context is important
To the editor:
In a recent contribution titled, “Hispanic Vote and Three Republican Presidents,” the author indicated that Trump had used the words “poisoning the blood of our country” when, according to the author, referring to immigrants entering the U.S. legally or illegally. Apparently, all Hispanics are not conservative nor are they all above using an out of context statement like this one to falsify a point.
The statement the contributor is referring to was made by Trump during the third debate with Clinton on 10/19/16 and was specifically referring to the heroin streaming across our border via the illegals crossing it. The contributor likely knows Trump was not referring to Hispanic people as “poisoning the blood of our country” but, nonetheless has applied it out of context to support just another lie that the liberal socialist democrats would undoubtedly support.
The comparison the author made between Trump vs. Reagan and Bush is another red herring. Reagan and Bush upheld the rule of law and millions of illegals including criminals and terrorists were not invading our border when they were campaigning for president, unlike the current unlawful and disgraceful illegal open border policy of the Biden/Harris administration. These “methods” of publishing intentionally misleading information to sway the opinions of those who aren’t willing to take three minutes to totally debunk it, are typical of the leftist tactics who will do or say anything to win.
By the way, the majority of Hispanics supported Clinton over Trump in 2016, 78% Clinton, 6% Trump according to the Pew Research poll a month before that election.
Max Christian,
St. James City