Monday, August 12, 2019

Trump Uses Language to Push People Down the Hierarchy

USA Today states that Trump has used words like "Invasion. Aliens. Killers. Criminals." over 500 times in his rallies, attempting to push people whom he misrepresents down our hierarchies.

An analysis of the 64 rallies Trump has held since 2017 found that, when discussing immigration, the president has said “invasion” at least 19 times. He has used the word “animal” 34 times and the word “killer” nearly three dozen times.

Together, Trump has used the words "predator," "invasion," "alien," "killer," "criminal" and "animal" at his rallies while discussing immigration more than 500 times. More than half of those utterances came in the two months prior to the 2018 midterm election, underscoring that Trump views immigration as a central issue for his core supporters. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/08/08/trump-immigrants-rhetoric-criticized-el-paso-dayton-shootings/1936742001/?tangent&fbclid=IwAR2z9FvkydOno3-hZhyVMzlxpr1EC02m6EjybKri9vO08_pmTyNO-gq0zQs