President Joe Biden denounced former President Donald Trump's statements about undocumented immigrants, in a speech in Milwaukee. Trump had described immigrants as a threat to the "blood of our country," a phrase critics say echoes language used by Adolf Hitler against Jews and other minorities. Biden refuted Trump's remarks, asserting that immigrants enrich the nation and its economy by contributing a wide array of talents.
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00:02 President Joe Biden denounced former President Donald Trump's statements about undocumented
00:06 migrants in a speech in Milwaukee. Trump had described immigrants as a threat to the "blood
00:10 of our country," a phrase critics say echoes language used by Adolf Hitler against Jews
00:14 and other minorities. Biden refuted Trump's remarks, asserting that immigrants enrich the
00:18 nation and its economy by contributing a wide array of talents. Trump defended himself,
00:23 claiming he hadn't read Mein Kampf, and assisted his comments that immigrants were based on
00:26 concerns about health and crime rather than race. Critics argue that Trump's current campaign
00:30 rhetoric shows a troubling shift towards language traditionally used by authoritarian figures.
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