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Former President Donald Trump once again used 'The Snake" to push anti-immigrant sentiments at a rally in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday.
The crowd erupted in applause after Trump asked if they wanted to hear the song, which he referred to as a poem.
The 1968 soul hit, which was sung by Al Wilson, a Black man, is about a "tender-hearted woman" who saw "a poor half-frozen snake" and took it in.
The woman "wrapped him up all cozy in a coverture of silk" and "laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk."
When the woman returned, the snake was "revived" but "instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite (ooh)," the lyrics continue.
When the woman cries and asks the snake why he bit her, the snake replies that she knew he was a snake before she took him in.
"And that's what's happening to the United States of America with immigration," Trump said. "I think it's pretty accurate, do you agree?"
www.businessinsider.com
There were over 12 million illegal immigrants living and working in America during the trump administration.
trump didn't deport them.
Were they snakes?
The crowd erupted in applause after Trump asked if they wanted to hear the song, which he referred to as a poem.
The 1968 soul hit, which was sung by Al Wilson, a Black man, is about a "tender-hearted woman" who saw "a poor half-frozen snake" and took it in.
The woman "wrapped him up all cozy in a coverture of silk" and "laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk."
When the woman returned, the snake was "revived" but "instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite (ooh)," the lyrics continue.
When the woman cries and asks the snake why he bit her, the snake replies that she knew he was a snake before she took him in.
"And that's what's happening to the United States of America with immigration," Trump said. "I think it's pretty accurate, do you agree?"
At his Texas rally, Trump recited the lyrics to a '60s R&B hit to warn against immigration. It was written by a Black civil rights activist who was a member of the communist party.
The crowd erupted in applause after Trump asked if they wanted to hear the 1968 song by Al Wilson, which he referred to as a poem.
www.businessinsider.com
There were over 12 million illegal immigrants living and working in America during the trump administration.
trump didn't deport them.
Were they snakes?
