Trump tugs heartstrings mentioning illegal immigrants’ victims

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During his immigration speech Wednesday night, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump took a page out of the Left’s playbook by attempting to tug at the audience’s heartstrings. He did so by mentioning the stories of five people who were killed by illegal immigrants.

“Countless Americans who have died in recent years would be alive today if not for the open border policies of this administration and the administration that causes this horrible, horrible thought process. It’s called Hillary Clinton [um, what?]” Trump said.

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