President Donald Trump lashed out at journalists who reported that he called immigrants "animals."
The president insisted he was referring to MS-13 gang members as animals, and not all immigrants, and attacked his critics in the media.
"Fake News Media had me calling Immigrants, or Illegal Immigrants, 'Animals,'" Trump tweeted. "Wrong! They were begrudgingly forced to withdraw their stories. I referred to MS 13 Gang Members as 'Animals,' a big difference - and so true. Fake News got it purposely wrong, as usual!"
Trump announced his presidential candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" and has tried to ban immigrants from majority Muslim nations, and his administration has consistently pursued harsh policies against migrants who are unlikely to be white.
