Trump accuses Biden of causing a border 'bloodbath' as he escalates immigration rhetoric - Sentinel Colorado

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump continued to hammer the theme at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tuesday evening as the state was holding its presidential primaries.
47% : At a nearby park, a small group advocating for immigration reform gathered to hold a moment of silence for Garcia while holding signs that read "No human being is illegal" and "Michigan welcomes immigrants.
44% : Trump in his remarks said that he had spoken to some of her family.
31% : He has portrayed migrants as "poisoning the blood of the country," questioned whether some should even be considered people, and claimed, without evidence, that countries have been emptying their prisons and mental asylums into the U.S.In Green Bay, Trump spoke beside an empty podium that read, "Anytime.
26% : He also claimed that migrants would cost the country trillions of dollars in public benefits and cause Social Security and Medicare to "buckle and collapse.""If you want to help Joe Biden wheel granny off the cliff to fund government benefits for illegals, then vote for Crooked Joe Biden," he said.
25% : Trump won both in 2016, toppling the Democrats' so-called "blue wall," but lost them to Biden in 2020.
24% : Every town is now a border town because Joe Biden has brought the carnage and chaos and killing from all over world and dumped it straight into our backyards," Trump said in Grand Rapids, where he stood flanked by law enforcement officers in uniform before a line of flags.
24% : While violent crime is down, Trump and other Republicans have attacked Biden by seizing on several high-profile crimes alleged to have been committed by immigrants in the U.S. illegally as border crossings have hit record highs.
24% : Trump invoked the killing of Ruby Garcia, a Michigan woman who was found dead on the side of a Grand Rapids highway on March 22.
22% : Polls suggest Trump has an advantage over Biden on the issue as many prospective voters say they're concerned about the impact of the crossings.
22% : Trump accused rogue nations of "pumping migrants across our wide open border" and "sending prisoners, murders, drug dealers, mental patients, terrorists" -- though there is no evidence any country is engaged in that kind of coordinated effort.
20% : "Trump has been leaning into inflammatory rhetoric about the surge of migrants at the southern border since he became his party's presumptive nominee.
19% : "Trump also again mentioned the killing of Laken Riley, a nursing student in Georgia.
19% : Trump said it was meant for Biden, whose campaign has not committed to participating in debates.
18% : Trump referred to the suspect in Riley's death as an "illegal alien animal.""The Democrats say: 'Please don't call them animals.
17% : Trump, who has accused migrants of "poisoning the blood of the country" and vowed to launch the largest domestic deportation operation in the nation's history if he wins a second term, said Biden was allowing a "bloodbath" that was "destroying the country."
16% : "Biden's campaign said Trump is the one who threatens the programs.
14% : Trump incorrectly referred to the 25-year-old Garcia as a 17-year-old.
12% : "Donald Trump is trying to hide his unpopular record with erratic lies and desperate denials," said Brianna Johnson, the campaign's Wisconsin communications director.
7% : GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. | Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of unleashing a "bloodbath" at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, escalating his inflammatory rhetoric as he campaigned in two Midwestern swing states likely to be critical to the outcome of the 2024 election.

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