December 19th 2023.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have taken issue with former President Donald Trump's recent remarks about immigrants, accusing him of pandering to “the lowest and most sinister human emotions”.
In a statement released Tuesday, LULAC National President Domingo Garcia condemned Trump's words, saying they “very intentionally create hatred of the other and are nothing more than fear-mongering.” He added that they “play to the lowest and most sinister human emotions to incite hatred and cause harm or worse to innocent men, women, and children.”
President Joe Biden's campaign echoed the same sentiment, with Biden-Harris 2024 spokesperson Ammar Moussa calling out Trump for “parroting Adolf Hitler” at a rally in Durham, New Hampshire on Saturday. This is the fourth time in the past six weeks that Biden's campaign has linked Trump’s comments to Hitler’s in written statements.
The ADL's CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also warned of the consequences of such language in a statement Tuesday, saying that it has “no place in our politics” and has previously “inspired real-world acts of violence in places like Pittsburgh and El Paso.”
LULAC National Immigration Committee Chair Lydia Guzman has also cautioned Trump's attacks, saying that they “will serve to mobilize the Latino vote” in the 2024 election, a cohort of voters both campaigns are courting. Trump's 2024 campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung responded, saying that the groups “should stop their own fear mongering”, referencing a recent record-breaking number of migrants crossing the border.
Overall, Trump's rhetoric has been met with widespread backlash from civil rights groups, who have long warned of the dangers of such language. They believe that it will incite violence and hatred, and should not be tolerated in our politics.
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