As Twitchy reported yesterday, Hillary Clinton remarkably took her campaign rhetoric to a new low, suggesting that Republican candidates supported deporting 12 million illegal aliens “in boxcars,” a rather transparent reference to the Holocaust.
Clinton campaign: 'Boxcar' remark about immigration wasn't a Holocaust reference http://t.co/TDiDI8IQ0C pic.twitter.com/3OiYNJzHpT
— The Hill (@thehill) August 29, 2015
Or was it? The Hill reports today that Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said that the comment was not a reference to the Holocaust.
@thehill watch it, your pants might catch on fire.
— Don Starr (@Starr1sg) August 29, 2015
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Merrill added that GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush has also used the word “boxcars” when referring to mass deportation. In June, Bush said at a campaign event in Nevada that “I don’t think our country is going to be the kind of country that puts people on boxcars and sends them away.” In other words, the only Republican to bring up putting people in boxcars said we’re not the kind of country that does that.
So, Hillary Clinton’s reference to boxcars wasn’t meant to evoke the Holocaust because her campaign spokesman said so? National Journal’s Ron Fournier yesterday seemed to agree with the boxcar reference — practically speaking, of course.
@ron_fournier HRC reference to boxcars when discussing repubs and immigration is an intentional slur linking repubs and Nazis. Disgusting.
— stephen willis (@swillis7106) August 28, 2015
.@swillis7106 So tell me: how Do you deport 12m people without boxcars? And what happens when these deport squads want your papers?
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 28, 2015
@ron_fournier You know that no one is going to deport 12 million. Her rhetoric is over the top.
— stephen willis (@swillis7106) August 28, 2015
Wait-The GOP frontrunner promises to deport 12m and build a wonderful wall for free. That, sir, is over the top https://t.co/AeuZ4EiaFV
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 28, 2015
Donald Trump … over the top? Stop the presses!
@ron_fournier @swillis7106 You deport 12 million people 1 @ a time. You close the border and send the message that our laws WILL be enforced
— Brian Haddle ASP (@BrianHaddle) August 28, 2015
1@ at a time? Like one per day for 12m days? See, this is the problem with the feel-good "deport 'em all" rhetoric https://t.co/e7gbOVS7Ai
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 28, 2015
What I learned today: Anti-immigration conservatives still have no idea how to implement their 12m-deportation dream. But boxcars are out.
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 28, 2015
@ron_fournier Btw, Ron, I don't support deporting 12M, I'm just asking if you consider the GOP Nazi comparison fair game.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) August 28, 2015
@verumserum your inference. Not mine.
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 29, 2015
@ron_fournier Not just mine. Round people up, put them in boxcars. Of a piece with her terrorist comparison yesterday.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) August 29, 2015
@verumserum "or buses."
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) August 29, 2015
@ron_fournier No or. "Round them up, put them, I don’t know, in buses…boxcars" She could have said trains but chose "boxcars." Why?
— John Sexton (@verumserum) August 29, 2015
@ron_fournier @verumserum If had said 'planes' (which is actually most common method these days) would it have had impact Hillary wanted?
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) August 29, 2015
@ron_fournier @verumserum I just know you're not this deliberately obtuse, Ron
— TopSecretK9 Meme Debunker (@topsecretk9) August 29, 2015
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