WATCH: Trump Mocks Asylum Seekers At Rally, Calls Process A ‘Big Fat Con Job’

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President Donald Trump made fun of asylum seekers and the lawyers who advise them at his rally in Michigan Thursday night, calling the process a “big fat con job.”

“They are all met by the lawyers and they say ‘say the following phrase: I am very afraid for my life,'” he said of the attorneys who help asylum seekers understand the application process.

“And then I look at the guy. He looks like he just got out of the ring. He’s a heavyweight champion of the world,” he continued, referring to a hypothetical asylum seeker.

“It’s a big fat con job, folks,” Trump added.

Most asylum seekers are fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries, but Trump has frequently made them a target and painted them as unsavory characters who lie about their desperation to infiltrate the United States.

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  1. Such compassion for other people shown every day. It’s truly astounding that one man can care so much.

  2. Big Fat Con Job…

    Yes… Trump uttered those words.

  3. The man running a big fat con job his whole life can only see a big fat con job everywhere he looks.

  4. House of mirrors?

  5. “And then I look at the guy. He looks like he just got out of the ring. He’s a heavyweight champion of the world,” he continued, referring to a hypothetical asylum seeker.

    As if a muscular physique is protection against bullets or bone saws.

    Perhaps we should melt down the Statue of Liberty and use it for WALL material. Or maybe we could recast it in the image of Cthulhu and place it on the southern border.

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