President Biden on Wednesday hit former President Trump for his rhetoric on migrants throughout a celebration on the White Home to mark Hispanic Heritage Month.
“We don’t demonize immigrants, we don’t single them out for assaults, we don’t imagine they’re ‘poisoning the blood’ of the nation. We’re a nation of immigrants and that’s why we’re so rattling sturdy,” Biden mentioned to a room filled with Latinos on the reception.
“Hispanic historical past is American historical past,” Biden added. “And by the best way, a number of you all have been right here a hell of rather a lot longer than a number of the remainder of us, in America.”
The president additionally prompt that the Republican Occasion and Trump are closed-minded, whereas by no means mentioning his former political rival by title.
“That is the one most consequential election, possibly within the lifetime of anybody standing right here, as a result of it issues. The opposite crew doesn’t see the world like we see it. They don’t have the identical perspective we now have. They’re essentially the most closed-minded individuals I’ve ever handled,” he mentioned.
Biden mentioned in his remarks that his household got here from Eire and famous the discrimination they obtained once they immigrated to the US.
“In case you return and look, Irish Catholics had been discriminated in opposition to as a lot as another group of those who ever got here to this nation, however guess what? We’re proud as hell for what we’ve executed and all of you, defending our basic freedoms,” he mentioned.
Trump in December mentioned that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of America, including on the time that they pose an elevated terrorism threat and equated the inflow of migrants on the southern border to an invasion.
The Anti-Defamation League and others have mentioned Trump’s “poisoning the blood” remarks echoes the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler, who wrote in “Mein Kampf” that German blood was being poisoned by Jews.
When Biden was working for president earlier than dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Harris, his marketing campaign unveiled a Latino-focused ad calling out Trump for his rhetoric and included audio of Trump saying immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our nation.”
