Crime

White House doubles down on Trump’s MS-13 ‘animals’ comment

By Anna Giaritelli
Published May 21, 2018 4:29pm ET
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White House doubles down on Trump’s MS-13 ‘animals’ comment
In this Feb. 6, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is continuing his habit of painting immigrants as criminals, highlighting gang connections, calling family reunification a national security threat and bemoaning the death of a pro football player involved in a car accident with a man living in the country illegally. | (Evan Vucci/AP)

The White House is doubling down on President Trump’s recent depiction of criminal aliens affiliated with the MS-13 gang as “animals” after White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said last week the comparison was not “strong enough.”

The White House press office sent an email to reporters Monday laying out examples of the Latino gang’s tendency to carry out “unthinkable” violent attacks in the U.S.

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