Republican presidential hopeful and former reality TV star Donald Trump used the escape Sunday of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman to do a victory dance for his own Mexico bashing.
Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel who was first arrested in 1993 and previously escaped from a maximum security Mexican prison in 2001, was reported missing early Sunday from a maximum security facility, where he reportedly escaped through a 1-mile tunnel to a waiting motorcycle.
Trump, who has made bashing Mexican immigrants a key part of his campaign so far, unleashed a series of tweets on Sunday and Monday, using the escape to ratchet up his rhetoric.
Mexico’s biggest drug lord escapes from jail. Unbelievable corruption and USA is paying the price. I told you so!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2015
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
…Trump, however, would kick his ass!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Now that the Mexican drug lord escaped from prison, everyone is saying that most of the cocaine etc. coming into the U.S. comes over border!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
The U.S. will invite El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord who just escaped prison, to become a U.S. citizen because our “leaders” can’t say no!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
El Chapo and the Mexican drug cartels use the border unimpeded like it was a vacuum cleaner, sucking drugs and death right into the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
….likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico through the border. We get the killers, drugs & crime, they get the money!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
When will people, and the media, start to apologize to me for my statement, “Mexico is sending….”, which turned out to be true? El Chapo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
The joke around town is that I freed El Chapo from the Mexican prison because the timing was so good w/ my statements on border security.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Mexico’s totally corrupt gov’t looks horrible with El Chapo’s escape—totally corrupt. U.S. paid them $3 billion.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
El Chapo comes to the U.S. often thru our border—it’s been revealed he has CA drivers license. http://t.co/E7UA3eyP5O
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
Trump sounds like he probably didn’t even know who Guzman was before this weekend. His tweets make no sense. Show me on the doll where Mexico hurt you, Don
I’m especially leery of people who refer to themselves in the third person.
I remember Mongo doing that in Blazing Saddles.
Don’t forget “Jimmy” on Seinfeld.
Jimmy, who started George doing it, Herman Cain and Bob Dole as well.
Please track him down then Donald, and go and personally “kick his ass”.
Please.