begrudgingly forced to withdraw their stories. i referred to ms-13 gang members animals a big difference so true. fike news gofake news got it wr. go back and read the full conversation. ed: he just says fake news if he doesn t agree with the story. actually, in this case look at some of the headlines, new york times trump calls some unauthorized immigrants animals in rant. by the way rant in there not so objective. huffington post, trump refers to immigrants as animals, again. u.s.a. today trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants. quote, these aren t people. these are animals and then the washington post. in reference to animals, trump evokes an ugly history of dehumanization. folks, he was talking about ms-13 gang members. these are not just, you know, random gangs stealing fruit from produce stand. these are people literally ripping the heart and gets out of children. 13 and 14-year-olds, stabbing them.
shannon: donald trump s remarks on the violent demonstrating gang taken out of context by several media outlets. did they do it on purpose? and innocent mistake? why haven t so many of them corrected their initial reports? how we kurtz has a story tonight. reporter: after donald trump held a meeting on sanctuary cities many news outlets and commentators quickly castigated him for his language about illegal immigrants but his words were wrenched out of context. usa today, trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants, these aren t people, these are animals. the ap tweeted trump, anti-century city s event, these are not people, these are animals. washington post, animals, trump evokes ugly history of dehumanization. huffington post, trump reversed immigrants as animals again.
abby: if you can t call them animals i don t know what you call them. they are horrible people. steve: wasn t just the mainstream media that piled on the president. so did nancy pelosi. we believe some of us attracted to the political arena, public service that we are all god s children. so when the president of the united states says about undocumented immigrants these aren t people. these are animals, you have to wonder, does not believe in the spark of dignity? the dignity and worth of every person? calling people animals is not a good thing. abby: media has the duty to get right. so does indianapolis. ed: she is a leader not just a lawmaker. she is the top democrat. steve: she was defending the dignity of ms-13. we were talking about this an hour ago and ultimately were they in a rush, the
ms-13 gangs. look at these headlines from so-called news organizations. they knowingly, purposely took the president out of context to try and smear him yet again. it shows why i have said over and over, news media, journalism in america is dead. then there s this utterly shameful media coverage i can t believe this poses as news in the united states, but supposedly it does. take a look. because the president of the united states has to measure his and be more comfortable at what he said. it s a very slippery slope when you start to dehumanizing people. it is what the nazis did, it is what slave owners did for you. the president is dominating the headlines after referring to immigrants as animals. these aren t people, these are animals.. that was doing a white house meeting on sanctuary cities, the comments came after someone remarked about ms-13 gang members. the president did not make it clear about whether he was talking about gang members or immigrants in general.
andrea mitchell, trump, people trying to get into the country animals, not people. here s what the pres. said. you wouldn t believe how bad these people are. these aren t people. these are animals and we are taking them out of the country at a level, at a rate that has never happened before. reporter: here s what some people missed or minimized. the pres. was responding to margaret mims who said she and other officials were in a legal bind dealing with ms 13 gang members. if they don t reach a certain threshold i cannot tell ice about. reporter: they did not take some commentators from trashing trump who began his campaign by saying some mexican illegal immigrants are rapists and drug dealers. referring to people the administration has deported, he said these are not people, they are animals. the pres. of the united states saying these are not people, they are animals.