Trump buried by experts for again saying migrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country'

Donald Trump was under fire on Saturday after he once again said that migrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," repeating language purportedly used by Hitler and other dictators.

Trump, who was also accused of rewriting the history of his own presidency during his New Hampshire speech, used some of the same language he has used in the past in connection with immigration concerns. Specifically, the former president said, "They’re poisoning the blood of our country. That's what they've done."

"They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world not just in South America… but all over the world they’re coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world," he added. "They're pouring into the country." Trump then insinuated that the current immigration status will lead to "terrorism."

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MSNBC addressed the comments on the air, with a reporter suggesting Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy are guilty of similar uses of controversial language historically reserved for dictators.

Experts were also quick to jump on Trump's comments.

Robert Reich, a professor at Berkeley and the secretary of labor under Bill Clinton, said, "Claiming that immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of the country' is the literal language of Hitler's Mein Kampf."

"Trump and his allies are openly embracing fascism, and it's time for the media to stop being scared to use that word," Reich added.

A Biden-Harris 2024 account wrote that Trump was "echoing Hitler."

Longtime GOP stalwart Bill Kristol had this message for those voting in the Republican primary:

"Hey, Republican primary voters: Many of your ancestors fought against this. Many of your ancestors came to America to get away from this. Don’t vote for this un-American crap," he said.

New York University professor and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat also chimed in:

"He's going to say that approx 100x before the election because he knows that propaganda must be repeated to take hold," she said. "For same reason Carlson featured Great Replacement Theory 400x on his Fox show."