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POLL: Majority Of Americans Agree With President Trump That MS-13 Members Are ‘Animals’

Hank Berrien

On this side: President Trump, who referred to the members of the ultra-violent gang MS-13 as “animals,” then doubled down on Wednesday, asserting, “I called them ‘animals’ the other day and I was met with rebuke. They said, ‘They’re people.’ They’re not people. They’re animals. We have to be very, very tough.”

On the other side: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who ripped Trump for his initial comments, asserting of illegal immigrants (and presumably, MS-13 members): “We believe — some of us who are attracted to the political arena, to government and public service — that we are all God’s children, there is a spark of divinity among every person on earth, and that we all have to recognize that as we respect the dignity and worth of every person and as we recognize our responsibilities with that spark of divinity within us.”

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