Conservatives rip liberals for misunderstanding Trump’s coyote reference during debate

Published October 24, 2020 5:46pm ET



Conservatives across Twitter reacted with jokes and memes to liberals unfamiliar with the term “coyote” used by President Trump in the final debate to describe smugglers at the border.

During Thursday’s debate, Trump said that children are brought across the southern border “by coyotes and lots of bad people,” prompting several responses from verified Twitter users who appeared to believe the president was referring to the wild animal and not smugglers.

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