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Former President Donald Trump suggested that migrants have “bad genes” while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for her policies on the southern border, claiming that many immigrants have a genetic predisposition for murder. What do you think?

“I heard that 100% of illegal immigrants bring DNA with them.”

Janeen Fry, Loafer Shiner


“Still, it was nice of him to consider them human.”

Mitchell Slota, Carbon Reducer


“Just the kind of ignorant statement I’d expect from someone of Bavarian breeding stock.”

Jesus Alonso, Keyboard Optimizer

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok. This is cheating. The Onion, you can't keep being The Onion, if you're just going to report things he's actually said, and has said for years. At that point, it's no longer absurd satire. It's just real life absurdity. That's cheating.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Plagiarism from reality.