Donald Trump's onetime advisor Stephen Miller claimed Democrats had "fabricated" a quote of the former president claiming immigrants are not human beings, then shared video of him saying it.
Miller took to X Tuesday night to defend the presumptive Republican nominee, and his former boss, as word that Trump had refused to walk away from "bloodbath" anti-immigrant rhetoric flooded the news cycle.
"The Biden campaign invented a completely fabricated quote for the purpose of defending the illegal alien charged with murdering Laken Riley (of whom Trump was speaking)," Miller said. "Doesn’t get more depraved."
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Miller attached a video from President Joe Biden's campaign that shows Trump saying, "The Democrats say, 'Please don't call them animals, they're humans,' I say, 'No, they're not humans, they're not humans, they're animals.'"
While a longer cut of clip shows Trump did begin by referencing the accused killer — who has not been convicted — of the murder of a University of Georgia nursing student earlier this year, it's worth noting the former president uses a plural pronoun in his condemnation.
It's also worth noting Trump has made this remark before, as recently as a campaign rally in Ohio last month, an ABC News report shows.
"At the Saturday rally, Trump also claimed some unauthorized immigrants are 'not human' while making unfounded claims that other countries were letting criminals out of prisons to cross into the United States," the report states. "
Throughout this election cycle, Trump has frequently used derogatory language while talking about immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally, repeatedly calling them 'animals' and saying they're 'poisoning the blood of our country,' echoing words of fascist historical figures like Adolf Hitler."
Miller's defense of Trump did not sit will with his readers on social media.
"Except it's a direct quote," replied @WeWonItsOurTurn.
"You’re lying," added @PinkoMomma.
"Dehumanizing people is a well-known Nazi tactic," wrote @StrictlyChristo, in direct response to the Biden campaign video, "We know where this leads."
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