To fight gun violence, Trump proposes detaining mentally ill Americans
The solution to gun violence is putting mentally ill people in those detention camps, too.
Right out of the Nazi playbook, illegitimate U.S. president Donald Trump today said it's time to put the Lebensunwertes Leben, the useless eaters as Hitler called them, where they belong. In detention centers, along with the refugee children.
Reporter: What executive actions are you prepared to take on guns?
Trump: I do want people to remember the words 'mental illness'. These people are mentally ill.. I think we have to start building institutions again.. We can't let these people be on the streets
Reporter: What executive actions are you prepared to take on guns?
Trump: I do want people to remember the words 'mental illness'. These people are mentally ill.. I think we have to start building institutions again.. We can't let these people be on the streets pic.twitter.com/t4kBmw00JZ
- POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2019
President Trump suggests opening more mental institutions to deal with mass shootings https://t.co/Nfx2YRUlFZ pic.twitter.com/5eFWjPNbMT
- CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 15, 2019
How dare you put the problem in our country on "lack of institutions" for people with "mental illness" when you won't even admit our legacy of white supremacy. https://t.co/Ibdj7UPzEO
- Kaitlin Curtice (@KaitlinCurtice) August 15, 2019
It's almost like they're trying to expand the groups of people Americans are willing to accept as belonging in prison camps. https://t.co/UxW2dd3SnO
- Matt Bors (@MattBors) August 15, 2019
Trump today - over opposition of medical groups, who say he's wrong and missing the point - again tried to link gun violence to mental illness and called for bringing back mental institutions. pic.twitter.com/NgwyMo2EYP
- Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) August 15, 2019