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"Trump dehumanizes immigrants by calling them “vermin” who are “poisoning the blood of our country”—Hitler’s exact words for the Jews."

No. Trump is talking about ILLEGAL immigrants. By leaving that one word out, you're are sending out misinformation. (I'm not defending Trump, nor am I voting for him.

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Hi, Dennis. Trump has often blurred the distinction between legal and illegal, rarely if ever praising the former. And even those here illegally should never be dehumanized in Hitlerian terms.

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I don't defend Trump's ugly characterizations of all those he targets, including immigrants--legal or not. But the issue clearly is between legal and illegal immigrations. I haven't heard Trump blur the distinction, but you might have listened to him more than I have. I can't even begin to list the number of times the media (like the New York Times which I read regularly) have blurred that distinction.

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