Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, the newly-minted co-chair of the Republican National Committee, was ridiculed on social media on Sunday after threatening to prosecute "illegal citizens."
Lara Trump, who once vowed that the RNC will "physically handle the ballots" in the upcoming election, was interviewed on Fox News.
"If you're a person who is attempting to cheat in our elections or you’re an illegal citizen attempting to illegally vote in our elections, we will find you, track you down and prosecute you to the full extent of the law. We're watching everything, we're filing lawsuits when necessary, and we have people everywhere," the Trump relative said Sunday.
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The internet was perplexed by who Lara Trump could mean when she said "illegal citizens."
Columbia University School of Professional Studies lecturer Ted Perlmutter said, "Republicans of the Trumpian stripe have been trying to attach 'illegal' onto everything concerned with immigration, so it comes as no surprise that Lara has landed on the ultimate oxymoron 'illegal citizen.'"
Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, responded, saying, "There's a lot of illegal stupid in the [Lara and Eric Trump] household."
Chris Coble, who famously lost three children in a car accident, said, "The oxymoron of 'illegal citizen' aside, people who are here illegally really don’t want to shine a flashlight on themselves by committing a felony to illegally vote."
"This entire segment is for show," Coble added.
Artist Sarah Burgess said, "Time and time again, Lara shows how absolutely stupid she is. What is an illegal citizen?"
Navy veteran Bruno Amato also chimed in:
"Almost every person found guilty of voter fraud (a microscopic total of total votes cast) have been Republicans," Amato wrote.
