Trump Revisits Mexico ‘Rapists’ Remarks in West Virginia Tax Speech
- President revisits campaign remarks about Mexican ‘rapists’
- Criticizes citizenship for babies born on U.S. territory
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Donald Trump revisited remarks he made about Mexican “rapists” crossing the U.S. border when he announced his run for president and assailed the nation’s immigration laws in a speech on Thursday that was supposed to focus on his tax law.
“Remember my opening remarks at Trump Tower, when I opened,” Trump said at a roundtable discussion on the December tax law in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. “Everybody said ’Oh, he was so tough.’ I used the word rape. And yesterday it came out where this journey coming up, women are raped at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”