Donald Trump on Sunday announced a sweeping new immigration enforcement effort aimed at large cities run by Democrats, resulting in outrage online.
Trump over the weekend disclosed his plans to send immigration officials into blue states.
"These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities — And they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them," Trump claimed in his announcement.
The outrage came from notable observers immediately.
Journalist Aaron Rupar said, "Trump basically just declared war on blue cities."
Attorney Danny Miller chimed in with, "Trump’s dangerous. But he’s also weak. He saw what happened this weekend."
"The largest protest in US history to stand up for America truly stands for. Meanwhile, his birthday parade was weak and sad," Miller added.
Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of Campaign for New York Health, said, "Trump is going after Blue cities based on nothing more than the crazy, conspiratorial voices in his head. He’s already violating our 1st, 4th, 5th & 14th Amendments, and deploying the U.S. military against citizens in L.A. This is what authoritarianism looks like."
CNN reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere said, "Trump making very clear that he intends his moves in Los Angeles to be the first in a series of efforts into big cities."
The popular Trump Lie Tracker said, "Trump just escalated his war on major American cities. He plans to expand his crackdown on immigrant communities and cause chaos in the streets of our country. This is not good for our country. Americans will only be hurt by this."
NBC reporter Sahil Kapur says, "Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids."
