Donald Trump doubles down on anti-immigration remarks: 'Somebody's doing the raping'
Donald Trump doubles down on anti-immigration remarks: 'Somebody's doing the raping' (VIDEO)
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The Donald trumped himself.
Donald Trump, who jabbed Mexican immigrants with a bizarre presidential announcement two weeks ago which dismissed many of them as criminals and rapists, doubled down in a CNN interview.
Pressed by host Don Lemon on "CNN Tonight" Wednesday, Trump turned to cherry-picked news headlines to back up his June 16 remarks.
"You look at the statistics on rape, on crime, on everything coming in illegally into this country - they're mind-boggling!" Trump told Lemon, alluding to a 2014 Fusion story that claimed 80 percent of Central American women and girls crossing the border had been victims of rape.
Lemon pushed back. "That's about women being raped," he said. "It's not about criminals coming across the border and entering the country."
Trump, known for hard-hitting comebacks, delivered.
"Somebody's doing the raping, Don," Trump said by phone. "I mean, somebody's doing it. Women are being raped. Who's doing the raping? Who's doing the raping?"
Don Lemon on “CNN Tonight” pressed Donald Trump on anti-immigration remarks Wednesday.
The Republican presidential contender has been shedding corporate backers ever since his immigration dis.
Macy's is the latest to drop Trump, which pulled his clothing line Wednesday. Trump has also been "fired" by NBC and Univision announced it would not air the Miss USA pageant later this month.
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