Donald Trump's baseless comments about immigrants stealing and eating pets in Ohio have been the basis for countless mocking memes since the debate, and one of his former spokespeople attempted to place them into a reasonable context.
The Republican nominee repeated claims during Tuesday night's debate that got a neo-Nazi kicked out of a Springfield city council meeting exactly two weeks earlier about Haitian immigrants purportedly eating residents' dogs, and former White House communications director Mike Dubke told CNN that Trump had touched on an important issue with his bizarre remarks.
"There are plenty of things that Republicans have to say about immigration that would 100 percent resonate with voters, who say they trust Republicans more," said host Kasie Hunt. "Why this thing?"
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"I think immigration is the major, is the major issue that he should focus on," Dubke said. "I wish he had talked more about immigration, I wish he had talked more about the 10 million that have already crossed the border that we know of. But on this, there is a – Donald Trump's an unconventional politician. We all know that, we all accept that – it's part of his allure."
"On this question, there there are tens of thousands of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, that have overwhelmed the social services system," Dubke added. "There is, French Creole is the now almost a dominant language in the schools. There is this reaction by the citizens in that area against this heavy influx of migrants. I don't know why – let me get to the point. This is an unconventional way to bring that point up."
"Unconventional is a very generous way to put it," Hunt said, laughing.
Dubke said he wasn't even sure why Trump was focused on Ohio, which will almost certainly go in his favor in November.
"I wish there was a Springfield, Pennsylvania, or Springfield, Michigan, where he was talking about this," Dubke said. "But it is an unconventional way to bring it up, but this is true, on-the-ground issues."
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