Former President Donald Trump made a bizarre remark at his rally with the far-right student group Turning Point USA in Arizona on Thursday, seeming to imply during a rant about border security that he thinks there's probably a criminal from Venezuela hiding somewhere in that very room.
"Is there any criminal from Venezuela in the room?" said Trump in the footage, originally captured by @Acyn. "Please raise your hand. There probably is, we just don't know about it." Trump ironically granted temporary legal status to Venezuelan nationals on his way out of office in 2021.
Commenters on social media roundly roasted Trump for these remarks, with many pointing out that Trump is in fact a convicted criminal himself, having been found guilty on 34 counts of felony falsification of business records in Manhattan just days before.
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"No, just you Donald," wrote the account @A_tothe_Z_Amber. "The best convicted felon of them all!"
"The criminal in the room raised his hand," wrote the account @ChidiNwatu. "Quite an impressive self own."
"He's just trying out the act he's going to bring to the prison," wrote the account @KellyScaletta.
"The criminal from the U.S. was the only one who raised his hand," wrote the account @ConservBlue2020, who describes himself as a former Republican.
"Looking at a criminal right now, behind the podium, if you need one," wrote the account @JBobMcBoatFace.
"The only criminal I see is the convicted felon named Trump," wrote the account @MadeInCanada_eh, who also added, "Trump knows he’s a criminal so he thinks everyone is a criminal."
The former president is scheduled to be sentenced for his criminal conviction by Judge Juan Merchan on July 11. He is expected to file an appeal of his conviction as soon as that sentence is handed down.
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