House Republican Says Trump Should Apologize for Xenophobic Comments: ‘These People Are Human Beings’

Indiana Rep. Larry Bucshon (R) said Donald Trump “probably should” apologize for his xenophobic comments about migrants, which included claiming they were “poisoning the blood of our country.”

Bucshon appeared Friday on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.

“Donald Trump also recently described migrants trying to come into the United States as, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, his words. Poisoning the blood of our country,” Blitzer emphasized. “As you know, Congressman, this is the kind of language often used by White supremacists. Should Trump apologize for saying this?”

“Well, I think he probably should,” Bucshon said, continuing:

I think those words are really outrageous to describe human beings. I was a doctor before I was in Congress. It’s a humanitarian crisis down there. And I understand why people want to try to come here to the United States, because we’re the best country in the world with the freedom that we have here, but they need to do it legally.

So, yeah, I think it’s not appropriate language to be using. These people are human beings just like you and I, and there’s reasons why they’re coming. I think the Biden administration policies are helping to drive that, and we need to reverse course here. As you see the administration doing this week, realizing that in certain areas of the border, we might need a physical barrier.

But those type of language, that type of language and rhetoric is not appropriate and we shouldn’t be using it. We should be talking about how we stem the tide of illegal immigration and also we reform our legal system, so people that really want to come here can come to America. Look, we’re all immigrants.

Watch the clip above via CNN.