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The proof is his actual quotes. Rapists and murderers come from all types of people but twice he singled out Mexicans.It is what he meant and you didn't miss anything. You want to lie in this forum knowing that no matter what proof gets shown to you that you will deny it. He came out racist when he said Mexicans are rapists and murderers. But you'll have an excuse as to why what he said was not racist.
What proof?
And he said illegal immigrants are rapists and murderers, not "Mexicans". If your point is so obvious and backed by proof, why do you have to alter the quote to make it fit your narrative?
Also, why the need to accuse people you disagree with of lying? Are you really so arrogant that you believe that nobody could honestly view things differently than you do?
Here's the first quote: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people"
Notice how he didn't say they are sending some rapists, he said they are rapists.
Here is the second quote : "You have people coming in, and I'm not just saying Mexicans - I'm talking about people that are from all over that are killers and rapists, and they're coming into this country."
Now this would be akin to say some other leader stating. Americans are killers and rapists and other people are. Why single out one group of people. Because he knows his audience are racist. The immigration problem has been talked about for many years before Trump yet never in such a racist way. The only ones who don't see it are the racists themselves.
Several issues with your quotes and what you're saying that they mean.
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best." This statement is referring SPECIFICALLY to illegal immigrants from Mexico. Yes, all of the people to which he's referring are Mexican, but NO, he is not referring to all Mexicans. He is referring specifically to the ones coming over the border illegally. Was it a douchey oversimplification? Absolutely. Illegal immigrants commit rape and murder at disproportionate rates, but the vast majority of illegal immigrants don't rape or murder anyone. That said, he still wasn't calling all Mexicans rapists. He was calling the majority of illegal immigrant Mexicans rapists. The mere fact that he says Mexico isn't "sending their best" obviously implies that there are better Mexicans than the illegal immigrants to which he's referring.
I'm not sure why you've added in the second quote, it doesn't support your point. "...and I'm not just saying Mexicans..." is a deliberate shift away from an ethnic identifier and a clarification that he's talking about, specifically, illegal immigrants.
I'm not saying that what he said wasn't an exaggeration, and I'm not saying that he wasn't a dickhead for generalizing to that degree, but to say that he called all Mexicans rapists is simply an inaccurate reading of the statements, and a blatantly obvious one.
If he was talking about Mexican immigrants he should have said Mexican immigrants. Even then, that comment would have been racist.
He didn't actually use the term, "Mexican immigrants" in that sentence because, in the greater context of what he was saying, it was obvious that that's who he was talking about. When he's in the middle of rant about illegal immigrants, and then he says, "When Mexico sends its people," who do you THINK he's talking about?
And yeah, still a dickhead thing to say in that he massively over-generalized, but he STILL didn't say that ALL MEXICANS ARE RAPISTS, which is a distinction worth making. Accuracy, God damn it.
If you want accuracy then stop excusing the racist comments Trump made about Mexicans. There is no other distinction to be made. if Obama had said that, about whites you would not try taking any excuse about making distinctions from anyone saying he only meant some whites. Same principle. You don't get play by a different set of rules just because you are white. This is 2018 not 1918..