CRIME/DEMS/ELECTION/GANGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump accused Democrats on Tuesday [5-19-18] of siding with brutal immigrant gang members over American citizens and implored Republican voters to turn out in November’s midterm elections or risk the safety of their country. During a raucous rally in Nashville, Mr. Trump invoked fears of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, particularly by the transnational gang MS-13, to argue for stricter border policies, including his long-promised wall, and charged that Democrats were standing in the way. ‘They don’t want the wall, they want open borders,’ Mr. Trump told the crowd. ‘They’re more interested in taking care of criminals than they are in taking care of you.’ He worked an audience of about 5,500 people into a frenzy by recalling the term he used this month during a discussion of how difficult it was to target suspected undocumented immigrants, including criminal gang members, for deportation.”
-Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “At Rally in Nashville, Trump Links Democrats to MS-13,” The New York Times online, May 29, 2018